New Hampshire Revised Statutes
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 637:7 (2026)
Receiving Stolen Property
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637:7 Receiving Stolen Property. –
I. A person commits theft if he receives, retains, or disposes of the property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it has probably been stolen, with a purpose to deprive the owner thereof.
II. The knowledge or belief required for paragraph I is presumed in the case of a dealer who:
(a) Is found in possession or control of property stolen from 2 or more persons on separate occasions; or
(b) Has received other stolen property within the year preceding the receiving charged; or
(c) Being a dealer in property of the sort received, retained or disposed, acquires it for a consideration which he knows is far below its reasonable value, or
(d) Purchases property from a law enforcement officer working in an undercover capacity, or an agent of such law enforcement officer, where such property has been explicitly represented as stolen.
III. As used in this section, "receives" means acquiring possession, control or title or lending on the security of the property; and "dealer" means a person in the business of buying or selling goods.
I. A person commits theft if he receives, retains, or disposes of the property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it has probably been stolen, with a purpose to deprive the owner thereof.
II. The knowledge or belief required for paragraph I is presumed in the case of a dealer who:
(a) Is found in possession or control of property stolen from 2 or more persons on separate occasions; or
(b) Has received other stolen property within the year preceding the receiving charged; or
(c) Being a dealer in property of the sort received, retained or disposed, acquires it for a consideration which he knows is far below its reasonable value, or
(d) Purchases property from a law enforcement officer working in an undercover capacity, or an agent of such law enforcement officer, where such property has been explicitly represented as stolen.
III. As used in this section, "receives" means acquiring possession, control or title or lending on the security of the property; and "dealer" means a person in the business of buying or selling goods.
Source. 1971, 518:1. 2001, 174:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 69
cases, 1977–2018 · leading case: State v. Chaisson, 458 A.2d 95 (N.H. 1983).
State v. Chaisson, 458 A.2d 95 (N.H. 1983). “Chaisson, appeals his convictions of theft by unauthorized taking, RSA 637:3, burglary, RSA 635:1, and conspiracy to receive stolen property, RSA 629:3, RSA 637:7. On March 27, 1981, while G. Jackson Jones was at work, his house was burglarized and a large quantity of silver, a…”
State v. Fennelly, 461 A.2d 1090 (N.H. 1983). “The defendant, Robert Fennelly, was charged with receiving stolen property in violation of RSA 637:7. After a jury trial in Superior Court ( Goode, J.”
State v. Felix Ruiz, 179 A.3d 333 (N.H. 2018). “" See RSA 637:7 (2016). On appeal, he argues that the Superior Court ( Smukler , J.”
State v. Cote, 493 A.2d 1170 (N.H. 1985). “The defendant was convicted of receipt of stolen property (RSA 637:7), possession of more than a pound of marijuana (RSA 318-B:26, 1(c)), possession of marijuana with intent to sell the same (RSA 318-B:26, 1(a)(2)), and possession of cocaine (RSA 318-B:26, 1(b)(1)).”
State v. Wong, 635 A.2d 470 (N.H. 1993). “Wong, was convicted of receiving stolen property, RSA 637:7, I (1986), in connection with his purchase of an outboard motor.”
State v. Spade, 385 A.2d 115 (N.H. 1978). “On February 1, 1977, a jury found defendant guilty of receiving stolen goods in violation of RSA 637:7. During trial, the *188 defendant took exception to the granting of the State’s motion to amend the date of the offense alleged in the indictment and to certain other rulings…”
State v. Settle, 447 A.2d 1284 (N.H. 1982). “257, 264-65 (1960), where the Court determined that, in order to show a possessory or proprietary interest sufficient to assert fourth amendment rights, the defendant, in effect, would otherwise be required to admit guilt where (as in this case) the possession (receiving stolen…”
State of New Hampshire v. John A. Smith, 86 A.3d 114 (N.H. 2014). “See RSA 637:7, :11, I(b) (2007). The sole issue for our review is whether the trial court committed plain error by imposing a felony-level sentence, see RSA 637:11, I(b), instead of a misdemeanor-level sentence, see RSA 637:11, III (2007), when the jury was not instructed that…”
State v. McNally, 451 A.2d 1305 (N.H. 1982). “The issue in this case is whether a defendant who has been convicted of larceny in Massachusetts may subsequently be prosecuted in New Hampshire under RSA 637:7 for retaining the same property which he stole in Massachusetts.”
State v. Camargo, 498 A.2d 292 (N.H. 1985). “The defendant appeals her conviction for receipt of a stolen vehicle, RSA 637:7, and claims that certain evidence was admitted in violation of her State and federal constitutional rights.”
State v. Stauff, 489 A.2d 140 (N.H. 1985). “) for receiving stolen property, RSA 637:7, the defendant, Robert Stauff, raises two issues: (1) whether the trial court properly denied his motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence upon which to find that the defendant possessed stolen property and that he believed it to be…”
State v. Marshall, 34 A.3d 540 (N.H. 2011). “-26, IX (2004), and receiving stolen property, see RSA 637:7 (2007). We affirm. I The record supports the following.”
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 637:7(I): 1 case
Jaroma v. Cunningham (D.N.H. 1997).
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