//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for New Hampshire, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== New Hampshire — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 35.0/100** · rank **40 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 12/16 dimensions statute-verified · 1 unverified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | Tier I 10 years (expires); Tier II and Tier III lifetime — **lifetime** | [[https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LXII/651-B/651-B-6.htm|651-B:6]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🟠 moderate | Discretionary petition to leave the public list (Tier I after 5 yrs, Tier II after 15 yrs) with risk assessment; Tier III no path — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LXII/651-B/651-B-6.htm|651-B:6]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No — Tiers I/II/III are set by the offense of conviction, not an individualized risk tool; a psychiatric/psychological risk assessment appears only in the removal-petition process, not in initial classification | [[https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LXII/651-B/651-B-6.htm|651-B:6]] ✓ |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | In-person quarterly / semiannually | 651-B:4.I |
| **Registration fee** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — $50 annual statewide fee (dept retains $40, registering agency $10) | [[https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LXII/651-B/651-B-11.htm|651-B:11]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No statewide residency restriction — RSA ch. 651-B (registration) contains no provision barring registrants from living near schools/daycares/parks | [[https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LXII/651-B/651-B-mrg.htm|651-B (none)]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — no statewide employment-distance or occupational restriction on registrants | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/restrictions/new-hampshire/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — no statewide presence/loitering restriction barring registrants from schools/parks/where children gather | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/restrictions/new-hampshire/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟢 favorable | None specified for visitors | n/a |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Required — 651-B:4-a 'Registration of Online Identifiers' requires reporting email addresses, instant message screen names, and social media/website user profile names | [[https://law.justia.com/codes/new-hampshire/title-lxii/chapter-651-b/section-651-b-4-a/|651-B:4-a]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🔴 restrictive | Civil commitment law cited (exists) | 135-E |
| **Public website exposure** | 🟠 moderate | Public list limited to child-victim or multiple-offense registrants; Tier I otherwise law-enforcement-only — lowest tier withheld | [[https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LXII/651-B/651-B-7.htm|651-B:7]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | ⚪ unknown | Could not confirm any statutory Halloween/holiday restriction from a public legal source | n/a |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Driver's license / state ID is NOT branded or marked — New Hampshire is not among the states requiring a sex-offender designation on the ID | [[https://probationinfo.org/sor/id/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟢 favorable | Passive public website; active community notification is discretionary with local law enforcement (not mandated) and agencies are immune for choosing not to notify; no registrant fee | [[https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LXII/651-B/651-B-7.htm|651-B:7]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 16 — with close-in-age exception (13–15 y/o victim is a felony only where actor is 4+ years older) | [[https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LXII/632-A/632-A-3.htm|632-A:3, II]] ✓ |

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Source wiki page: [[new_hampshire|New Hampshire]] · compare with others via [[playground:qol_index|the index]].
//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//