Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images
NH Intimate Image Law
Other · Artificial intelligence
Criminalizes purposely sharing an identifiable person's sexual or intimate images, obtained in circumstances where privacy was expected, to harass, intimidate, threaten or coerce them without consent. A 2024 amendment effective Jan. 1, 2025 extends the offense to realistic synthetic images created by manipulating a recognizable person's likeness.
- Where
- New Hampshire
- Citation
- N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. 644:9-a
- Status
- In force
- In force since
- 2016-07-19
- Last amended
- 2025-01-01
- Enforced by
- State and county prosecutors
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- Class B felony; property used to commit the offense is subject to forfeiture.
- Applies to
- Any person who disseminates identifiable intimate images, or realistic synthetic (AI-altered) intimate images, of another person
- Excludes interactive computer services, mobile carriers and broadband providers for content provided by others
Practices it requires
- Do not disseminate, with intent to harass, intimidate, threaten or coerce, an identifiable person's image showing a sexual act or intimate parts that was meant to remain private and was shared without consent.RSA 644:9-a, II
- Do not disseminate, with the same intent, a realistic synthetic image that manipulates a recognizable person's likeness to depict intimate parts or sexual activity without consent.RSA 644:9-a, II-a · From 2025-01-01
Other duties
- Exempts lawful criminal investigations, reporting unlawful conduct, voluntary public or commercial exposure, lawful public purposes and compliance with subpoenas or court orders.RSA 644:9-a, III
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Research reference, not legal advice.