Chapter 265 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
- Section 265:1 - Murder defined
- Section 265:2 - Punishment for murder; parole; clemency
- Section 265:3 - Duel; wound without and death within state; venue
- Section 265:4 - Accessory in duel
- Section 265:5 - Duel; conviction or acquittal in foreign state; effect
- Section 265:9 - Prize fighting; engaging
- Section 265:10 - Prize fight; aiding or promoting; penalty
- Section 265:11 - Prize fight; appointment within and fight without state; penalty
- Section 265:12 - Boxing matches; penalty
- Section 265:13 - Manslaughter; punishment
- Section 265:13 1/2 - Punishment for manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle
- Section 265:13A - Assault or assault and battery; punishment
- Section 265:13B - Indecent assault and battery on child under fourteen; penalties; subsequent offenses; eligibility for parole, etc.
- Section 265:13B1/2 - Commission of indecent assault and battery on child under 14 during other offenses or by mandated reporter
- Section 265:13B3/4 - Commission of indecent assault and battery on child under 14 by previously convicted offender
- Section 265:13C - Assault and battery in order to collect loan; penalty
- Section 265:13D - Assault and battery upon certain public servants; attempt to disarm police officer; penalty
- Section 265:13D 1/2 - Injury to firefighters resulting from willful burning of property or reckless burning of woods
- Section 265:13F - Indecent assault and battery on person with an intellectual disability; assault and battery
- Section 265:13G - Commission of a felony for hire; additional punishment
- Section 265:13H - Indecent assault and battery on child of fourteen or older; penalties
- Section 265:13H 1/2 - Indecent assault and battery by law enforcement officer; penalties
- Section 265:13H 3/4 - [Effective 11/6/2024] Indecent assault and battery by health care provider or clergy member
- Section 265:13I - Assault or assault and battery on emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, or ambulance attendant
- Section 265:13J - Assault and battery of a child; liability of person having custody; penalties
- Section 265:13K - Assault, abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of elderly or disabled persons
- Section 265:13L - Wanton or reckless behavior creating a risk of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse to a child; duty to act; penalty
- Section 265:13M - Assault and battery on family or household member; second or subsequent offenses; penalty
- Section 265:13N - Determination of misdemeanor offense of use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against family member; transmission of information to department of criminal justice information services
- Section 265:14 - Mayhem; punishment
- Section 265:15 - Assault; intent to murder or maim; penalty
- Section 265:15A - Assault and battery with dangerous weapon; punishment; victim 60 years or older; subsequent offenses; punishment
- Section 265:15B - Assault with dangerous weapon; victim 60 years or older; subsequent offenses; punishment
- Section 265:15C - Assault with hypodermic or injection device
- Section 265:15D - Strangulation and suffocation; penalty; aggravating factors; batterer's intervention program
- Section 265:15E - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Assault and battery by discharge of firearm; penalty
- Section 265:15E - [Effective 10/23/2024] Assault and battery by discharge of firearm; penalty
- Section 265:15F - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Attempted assault and battery by discharge of firearm
- Section 265:15F - [Effective 10/23/2024] Attempted assault and battery by discharge of firearm
- Section 265:16 - Attempt to murder
- Section 265:17 - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Armed robbery; punishment
- Section 265:17 - [Effective 10/23/2024] Armed robbery; punishment
- Section 265:18 - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Assault with intent to rob or murder; weapons; punishment; victim 60 years or older; minimum sentence for repeat offenders
- Section 265:18 - [Effective 10/23/2024] Assault with intent to rob or murder; weapons; punishment; victim 60 years or older; minimum sentence for repeat offenders
- Section 265:18A - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Dangerous weapon; assault in dwelling house; punishment
- Section 265:18A - [Effective 10/23/2024] Dangerous weapon; assault in dwelling house; punishment
- Section 265:18B - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Use of firearms while committing felony; second or subsequent offenses; punishment
- Section 265:18B - [Effective 10/23/2024] Use of firearms while committing felony; second or subsequent offenses; punishment
- Section 265:18C - Home invasion; weapons; punishment
- Section 265:19 - Robbery by unarmed person; punishment; victim 60 years or older; minimum sentence for repeat offenders
- Section 265:20 - Simple assault; intent to rob or steal; punishment
- Section 265:21 - Stealing by confining or putting in fear
- Section 265:21A - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Assault, confinement, etc., of person for purpose of stealing motor vehicle; weapons; punishment
- Section 265:21A - [Effective 10/23/2024] Assault, confinement, etc., of person for purpose of stealing motor vehicle; weapons; punishment
- Section 265:22 - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Rape, generally; weapons; punishment; eligibility for furlough, education, training or employment programs
- Section 265:22 - [Effective 10/23/2024] Rape, generally; weapons; punishment; eligibility for furlough, education, training or employment programs
- Section 265:22A - Rape of child under age of 16
- Section 265:22B - Rape of child by use of force or during commission of other offenses
- Section 265:22C - Rape of child by use of force by previously convicted offenders
- Section 265:22D - [Effective 11/6/2024] Sexual intercourse with patient or client by health care provider or clergy member
- Section 265:23 - Rape and abuse of child under age of 16
- Section 265:23A - Rape and abuse of child; age difference between victim and abuser; mandated reporter as abuser
- Section 265:23B - Rape and abuse of child by previously convicted offender
- Section 265:24 - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Assault with intent to commit rape; weapons; punishment; eligibility for furloughs, education, training or employment programs
- Section 265:24 - [Effective 10/23/2024] Assault with intent to commit rape; weapons; punishment; eligibility for furloughs, education, training or employment programs
- Section 265:24A - Venue
- Section 265:24B - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Assault of child; intent to commit rape; weapons; punishment
- Section 265:24B - [Effective 10/23/2024] Assault of child; intent to commit rape; weapons; punishment
- Section 265:24C - Victim's name; confidentiality
- Section 265:25 - Attempted extortion; punishment
- Section 265:26 - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Kidnapping; weapons; punishment
- Section 265:26 - [Effective 10/23/2024] Kidnapping; weapons; punishment
- Section 265:26A - Kidnapping of minor or incompetent by relative; punishment
- Section 265:26B - Drugging persons for kidnapping
- Section 265:26C - Definition of "entice''; enticement of child under age 16; punishment
- Section 265:26D - Enticement of child under 18 years of age by electronic communication
- Section 265:27 - Kidnapping; venue
- Section 265:27A - Kidnapping of minor or incompetent by relative; venue
- Section 265:28 - Poison; use with intent to injure; punishment
- Section 265:29 - Assault; intent to commit felony; punishment
- Section 265:30 - Gross negligence; persons having care of common carrier; penalty
- Section 265:32 - Glass; throwing in public streets and beaches; penalty
- Section 265:34 - Tattooing body of person by other than qualified physician; punishment
- Section 265:35 - Throwing or dropping objects onto public way; punishment
- Section 265:36 - Throwing or dropping objects at sporting events; punishment
- Section 265:37 - Violations of constitutional rights; punishment
- Section 265:38 - [Repealed]
- Section 265:39 - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Assault or battery for purpose of intimidation; weapons; punishment
- Section 265:39 - [Effective 10/23/2024] Assault or battery for purpose of intimidation; weapons; punishment
- Section 265:40 - Willful or reckless cause of serious bodily injury to participants in physical exercise training programs
- Section 265:41 - Sentences for violations of this chapter; inclusion in record of reasons for non-imposition of sentence of imprisonment
- Section 265:42 - Use of radios without earphones on public conveyances; punishment
- Section 265:43 - Stalking; punishment
- Section 265:43A - [Effective Until 9/18/2024] Criminal harassment; punishment
- Section 265:43A - [Effective 9/18/2024] Criminal harassment; punishment
- Section 265:44 - Coercion of child under eighteen into criminal conspiracy; penalties
- Section 265:45 - Community parole supervision for life; punishment in addition to term of imprisonment
- Section 265:46 - Taking from deceased victim's estate prohibited
- Section 265:47 - Global positioning system device
- Section 265:48 - Sex offender engaged in ice cream truck vending; punishment
- Section 265:49 - Definitions for sections 265:50 to 265:51
- Section 265:50 - Trafficking of persons for sexual servitude; penalty
- Section 265:51 - Trafficking of persons for forced services; penalty
- Section 265:52 - Second or subsequent violations; penalty
- Section 265:53 - Organ trafficking; penalty
- Section 265:54 - Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund
- Section 265:55 - Monies illegally furnished subject to forfeiture
- Section 265:56 - Property subject to forfeiture
- Section 265:57 - Duress or coercion affirmative defense
- Section 265:58 - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Possession of deceptive weapon device during commission of violent crime; penalty
- Section 265:58 - [Effective 10/23/2024] Possession of deceptive weapon device during commission of violent crime; penalty
- Section 265:59 - Vacatur of conviction, adjudication of delinquency or continuance upon finding defendant's participation in offense was result of having been human trafficking victim
- Section 265:60 - Female genital mutilation; definition; penalties