Section 635:2 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Criminal TrespassI. A person is guilty of criminal trespass if, knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he enters or remains in any place.II. Criminal trespass is a misdemeanor for the first offense and a class B felony for any subsequent offense if the person knowingly or recklessly causes damage in excess of $1,500 to the value of the property of another.III. Criminal trespass is a misdemeanor if: (a) The trespass takes place in an occupied structure as defined in RSA 635:1, III; or(b) The person knowingly enters or remains: (1) In any secured premises;(2) In any place in defiance of an order to leave or not to enter which was personally communicated to him by the owner or other authorized person;(3) In any place in defiance of any court order restraining him from entering such place so long as he has been properly notified of such order; or(4) On any grounds, lands, or parking areas of any state correctional facility or transitional housing unit operated by the department of corrections without prior authorization or without a legitimate purpose associated with department of corrections operations.IV. All other criminal trespass is a violation.V. In this section, "secured premises" means any place which is posted in a manner prescribed by law or in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders, or which is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders.VI. In this section, "property," "property of another," and "value" shall be as defined in RSA 637:2, I, IV, and V, respectively.Amended by 2020 , 37: 41, eff. 9/27/2020.1971, 518:1. 1979, 377:7. 2005, 125 : 1 . 2010, 239 : 2 , eff. July 1, 2010. 2020, 37 : 41 , eff. Sept. 27, 2020.
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