Section 457:35 – Penalty for Solemnization by Unauthorized Person.
457:35 Penalty for Solemnization by Unauthorized Person. – If a person not authorized by this chapter to solemnize marriages shall join any persons in marriage, with or without a certificate, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Source. RS 147:13. CS 156:10. GS 161:11. GL 180:11. PS 174:11. PL 286:32. RL 338:35. RSA 457:35. […]
Section 457:36 – Effect of Informality.
457:36 Effect of Informality. – No marriage solemnized before a person professing to be a justice of the peace or minister of the gospel shall be void, nor shall its validity be affected on account of want of jurisdiction or authority in such supposed justice or minister, or on account of any omission or […]
Section 457:37 – Affirmation of Freedom of Religion in Marriage.
457:37 Affirmation of Freedom of Religion in Marriage. – Each religious organization, association, or society has exclusive control over its own religious doctrine, policy, teachings, and beliefs regarding who may marry within their faith. I. Members of the clergy as described in RSA 457:31 or other persons otherwise authorized under law to solemnize a […]
Section 457:38 – Certified Copy of Record.
457:38 Certified Copy of Record. – A copy of the record of a marriage, certified by a city or town clerk or by the registrar of vital records, shall be received in all courts and places as evidence of the fact of the marriage. Source. RS 147:14. CS 156:11. GS 161:12. GL 180:12. PS […]
Section 457:39 – Cohabitation, etc.
457:39 Cohabitation, etc. – Persons cohabiting and acknowledging each other as husband and wife, and generally reputed to be such, for the period of 3 years, and until the decease of one of them, shall thereafter be deemed to have been legally married. Source. RS 149:11. CS 158:19. GS 161:16. GL 180:16. PS 174:15. […]
Section 457:40 – In Civil Actions.
457:40 In Civil Actions. – In all civil actions, except actions for criminal conversation, evidence of acknowledgment, cohabitation, and reputation is competent proof of marriage. Source. GS 161:17. GL 180:17. PS 174:16. PL 286:37. RL 338:40.
Section 457:31 – Solemnization of Marriage.
457:31 Solemnization of Marriage. – A marriage may be solemnized in the following manner: I. In a civil ceremony by a justice of the peace as commissioned by the state, by a state supreme court justice, superior court judge, or circuit court judge, and by judges of the United States appointed pursuant to Article […]
Section 457:31-a – Secretary of State.
457:31-a Secretary of State. – The secretary of state may issue a license to an unordained clergy who is a resident of this state and who is a member of and engaged in the service of a religious body which is chartered by the state if he or she presents a certification from that […]
Section 457:31-b – Solemnization of Marriage; Applicability.
457:31-b Solemnization of Marriage; Applicability. – I. Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect the right of Jewish Rabbis residing in this state, or of the people called Friends or Quakers, to solemnize marriages in the way usually practiced among them, and all marriages so solemnized shall be valid. Jewish Rabbis residing out of […]
Section 457:32 – Special Commission.
457:32 Special Commission. – The secretary of state may issue a special license to an ordained or non-ordained minister residing out of the state, or to an individual residing out of state who is authorized or licensed by law to perform marriages in such individual’s state of residence, authorizing him or her in a […]