TITLE LX
CORRECTION AND PUNISHMENT

CHAPTER 618
FINES, COSTS, AND DISCHARGES

Discharge of One Committed in Default of Payment of Fine

Section 618:9

    618:9 Committal for Nonpayment; Term. – Whenever a person is committed to a county correctional facility in default of payment of a fine imposed by a justice of a superior court or a district court, he or she shall be discharged from custody by the superintendent thereof at the expiration of a number of days after the date of his or her commitment equal to one day for each $150 of the fine so imposed. The superintendent shall keep a record of all discharges made under the provisions of this section.

Source. 1883, 96:1. PS 256:11. PL 370:11. RL 430:11. 1951, 163:7. 1953, 80:1. RSA 618:9. 1957, 244:43. 1967, 295:3. 1987, 81:2. 1988, 89:35, eff. June 17, 1988. 2003, 237:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. 2014, 204:42, eff. July 11, 2014. 2016, 105:1, eff. May 19, 2016.