N.H. Rev. Stat. § 169-B:32
This chapter shall not be construed as applying to persons 16 years of age or over who are charged with the violation of a motor vehicle law, an aeronautics law, a law relating to navigation or boats, a fish and game law, a law relating to title XIII, a law relating to fireworks under RSA 160-B or RSA 160-C, any town or municipal ordinance which provides for a penalty not exceeding $100 plus the penalty assessment, and shall not be construed as applying to any minor charged with the violation of any law relating to the possession, sale, or distribution of tobacco products to or by a person under 21 years of age. However, if incarceration takes place at any stage in proceedings on such violations, incarceration shall be only in a juvenile facility certified by the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
RSA 169-B:32
1979, 361:2. 1981, 563:2. 1992, 18:5; 44:7. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 308:64; 310:171. 1999, 348:15, eff. Jan. 21, 2000. 2019, 346 : 105 , eff. Jan. 1, 2020. 2020, 37 : 115 , eff. July 29, 2020.