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Section 457:1 – Purpose and Intent.

    457:1 Purpose and Intent. – The purpose of this chapter is to affirm the right of 2 individuals desiring to marry and who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of this chapter to have their marriage solemnized in a religious or civil ceremony in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Source. RS 147:1. CS […]

Section 457:22 – Completion of Marriage License Application.

    457:22 Completion of Marriage License Application. – All persons proposing to be joined in marriage within the state shall complete a marriage license application with all facts required by RSA 5-C:41 to be entered in any town clerk’s office. The clerk shall record the application in a book to be kept for that purpose. […]

Section 457:23 – Requirements.

    457:23 Requirements. – I. No marriage license shall be issued by any town or city clerk until the applicants have each provided for inspection the following documents: (a) Proof of age; (b) A certified copy of the final divorce decree, if either or both parties are divorced; and (c) A certified copy of the […]

Section 457:24 – Penalty.

    457:24 Penalty. – Any person violating the provisions of RSA 457:23 shall forfeit $60 for each such offense. Source. 1937, 186:1. RL 338:24.

Section 457:26 – Marriage License.

    457:26 Marriage License. – The town clerk shall deliver to the parties a marriage license embodying the facts required in RSA 457:22, specifying the time when the application was entered, which license shall be delivered to the minister or magistrate who is to officiate, before the marriage is solemnized. The license shall be valid […]

Section 457:28 – Procedure.

    457:28 Procedure. – The procedure upon such application shall be as provided in RSA 457:7. Source. PL 286:25. RL 338:28.

Section 457:28-b – Destruction of Records.

    457:28-b Destruction of Records. – The clerk of the superior court and the clerk of the circuit court may destroy petitions by parties under age under RSA 457:6 and related documents after 5 years from the time of filing. Source. 1981, 518:2. 2006, 86:3. 2011, 88:20, eff. July 1, 2011.

Section 457:29 – Marriage License Fee.

    457:29 Marriage License Fee. – The fee for the marriage license shall be $50 to be paid by the parties entering into the marriage. The clerk shall forward $43 from each fee to the department of health and human services for the purposes of RSA 173-B:15. The clerk shall retain the remaining $7 as […]

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 […]