TITLE LXII.  CRIMINAL CODE  
CHAPTER 651-B.  REGISTRATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS

RSA 651-B:1  (2004)

§ 651-B:1. Definitions


   In this chapter:

I. "Department" means the department of safety.

II. "Division" means the division of state police, department of safety.

III. "Sexual offender" means a person who has been convicted, or acquitted by reason of insanity, of any violation or attempted violation of:

   (a) RSA 632-A:2, 632-A:3, 632-A:4, I(a), 645:1, II, or 645:1, III; or

   (b) A law of another state or the federal government reasonably equivalent to a violation listed in subparagraph (a).

IV. "Local law enforcement agency" means the chief of police in the city or town where the person resides or is temporarily domiciled, or, if the municipality has no police chief or if the person resides in an unincorporated place, the sheriff of the county where the person resides.

V. "Offender against children" means a person who has been convicted of any violation or attempted violation of:

   (a) Any of the following offenses, where the victim was under the age of 18 at the time of the offense, RSA 633:1, 633:2, 633:3, 639:2, or 645:2; or

   (b) RSA 169-B:41, II, 639:3, III, 649-A:3, 649-B:3, 649-B:4 or 650:2, II; or

   (c) A law of another state or the federal government reasonably equivalent to a violation listed in subparagraph (a) or (b).

VI. "LENS system" means the law enforcement name search system.