Section 169-D:8 Temporary Custody. - New Hampshire Statutes

A child may be taken into temporary custody:
   I. Pursuant to a court order; or
   II. By a police officer or juvenile probation and parole officer when there are reasonable grounds to believe that a child has run away from his parents, guardian, or other custodian; or the circumstances are such as to endanger the child's health or welfare unless immediate action is taken.

Source. 1979, 361:2. 1987, 402:12. 2000, 294:9, eff. July 1, 2000.