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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 651:62 (2026)

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    651:62 Definitions. –
As used in this subdivision, unless the context otherwise indicates:
I. "Claimant" means a victim, dependent, or any person legally authorized to act on behalf of the victim.
II. "Dependent" means any person who was wholly or partially dependent upon the victim for care and support when the crime was committed.
III. "Economic loss" means out-of-pocket losses or other expenses incurred as a direct result of a criminal offense, including:
(a) Reasonable charges incurred for reasonably needed products, services and accommodations, including but not limited to charges for medical and dental care, rehabilitation, and other remedial treatment and care including mental health services for the victim or, in the case of the death of the victim, for the victim's spouse and immediate family;
(b) Loss of income by the victim or the victim's dependents;
(c) The value of damaged, destroyed, or lost property;
(d) Expenses reasonably incurred in obtaining ordinary and necessary services in lieu of those the injured or deceased victim would have performed, if the crime had not occurred, for the benefit of the victim or the victim's dependents;
(e) Reasonable expenses related to funeral and burial or crematory services for the decedent victim.
IV. "Offender" means any person convicted of a criminal or delinquent act.
V. "Restitution" means money or service provided by the offender to compensate a victim for economic loss, or to compensate any collateral source subrogated to the rights of the victim, which indemnifies a victim for economic loss under this subdivision.
VI. "Victim" means a person or claimant who suffers economic loss as a result of an offender's criminal conduct or the good faith effort of any person attempting to prevent or preventing the criminal conduct.

Source. 1981, 329:2. 1994, 190:1. 1996, 286:7, eff. July 1, 1997.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1984–2021 · leading case: State of New Hampshire v. Louise E. Pinault, 120 A.3d 913 (N.H. 2015).
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State of New Hampshire v. Louise E. Pinault, 120 A.3d 913 (N.H. 2015). · cites it 7× “” RSA 651:62, IV (2007). “Restitution” is defined, in relevant part, as “money or service provided by the offender to compensate a victim for economic loss.”
State v. McCarthy, 839 A.2d 22 (N.H. 2003). · cites it 17× “McCarthy, was convicted by a jury of first-degree assault on Michael Pawlick, see RSA 631:1 (1996), and ordered to pay restitution to Pawlick and his mother, Jill Pawlick, see RSA 651:62 (Supp. 2002). The defendant appeals, arguing that the Superior Court (Brennan, J.”
State v. Gibson, 999 A.2d 240 (N.H. 2010). · cites it 6× “The version of RSA 651:62 in effect in 1986-1987 defines “restitution” as: “moneys, compensation, work or service to be reimbursed by the offender to the victim who suffers personal injury, death or economic loss under this subdivision.”
State v. Woods, 654 A.2d 960 (N.H. 1995). · cites it 6× “” RSA 651:62, V (1986) defines “restitution” as “moneys, compensation, work or service to be reimbursed by the offender to the victim who suffers personal injury, death or economic loss under this subdivision.”
State v. Schwartz, 993 A.2d 220 (N.H. 2010). · cites it 5× “” RSA 651:62, V. “Offender” is defined as “any person convicted of a criminal.”
State v. Armstrong, 867 A.2d 465 (N.H. 2005). · cites it 5× “The defendant appeals this order, arguing that the injury to the officer was not a “direct result” of the crime as required by RSA 651:62, III (Supp. 2004). The State argues that the defendant waived this argument when he agreed to pay restitution in his guilty plea.”
State v. Oakes, 13 A.3d 293 (N.H. 2010). · cites it 2× “” RSA 651:62, V (2007) defines restitution, in part, as “money or service provided by the offender to compensate a victim for *286 economic loss.”
State v. Burr, 782 A.2d 914 (N.H. 2001). · cites it 3× “The parties do not dispute that for purposes of this appeal only, CVHS is a “victim” under RSA 651:62 (Supp. 2000). The defendant moved to dismiss the restitution order on the ground that CVHS had “received donations directly related to [the defendant]^ case” that exceeded the…”
State v. McMann, 541 N.W.2d 418 (Neb. Ct. App. 1995). “17-A, § 1322 (West 1983) (defining restitution to include work or service provided to victim for economic loss); N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 651:62 (Cum. Supp.”
State v. Springer, 574 A.2d 1381 (N.H. 1990). · cites it 5× “) questions whether an insurer that has *224 compensated its insured for consequences of a crime is a “victim” suffering loss as a “direct result” of criminal conduct, within the meaning of RSA 651:62, VI, and therefore eligible for restitution under RSA 651:63.”
State v. Eno, 727 A.2d 981 (N.H. 1999). · cites it 2× “Restitution by the offender can serve to reinforce the offender’s sense of responsibility for the offense, to provide him the opportunity to pay his debt to society and to his victim in a constructive manner, and to ease the burden of the victim as a result of the criminal…”
State v. W.J.T. Enter., Inc., 618 A.2d 806 (N.H. 1992). “He was merely offered the option of cleaning up the site instead of serving the second six months of his one-year sentence.”
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