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NH Rev Stat § 457:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|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 III of the United States Constitution, by bankruptcy judges appointed pursuant to Article I of the United States Constitution, or by United States magistrate judges appointed pursuant to federal law; or||II. In a religious ceremony by any minister of the gospel in the state who has been ordained according to the usage of his or her denomination, resides in the state, and is in regular standing with the denomination; by any member of the clergy who is not ordained but is engaged in the service of the religious body to which he or she belongs, and who resides in the state, after being licensed therefor by the secretary of state; or within his or her parish, by any minister residing out of the state, but having a pastoral charge wholly or partly in this state.|||Source. RS 147:6. CS 156:6. 1861, 2484:1. GS 161:9. 1877, 57:1. GL 180:9. PS 174:8. 1919, 56:1. 1921, 79:1. PL 286:28. RL 338:31. RSA 457:31. 1969, 435:1. 1998, 294:1. 2001, 11:1. 2006, 86:2. 2009, 59:3. 2014, 9:1, eff. July 13, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:31-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|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 body that he or she is in its service. Said license shall authorize the clergy to solemnize marriage in this state. The fee for such license shall be $5.|||Source. 1969, 435:2. 1975, 81:1. 2006, 86:2, eff. July 4, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:31-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|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 the state may obtain a special license as provided by RSA 457:32.||II. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a person authorized to solemnize a marriage in a religious ceremony from solemnizing a marriage in a civil ceremony.|||Source. 2009, 60:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2010 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|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 special case to marry a couple within the state. In the case of an individual residing out of state who is authorized or licensed by law to perform marriages in such individual's state of residence, the secretary of state may require the submission of a copy of a valid commission or other indicia of authority to marry in the individual's state of residence as proof of existence of that authority. The names and residences of the couple proposed to be married in such special case shall be stated in the license, and no power shall be conferred to marry any other parties than those named therein. The fee for such license shall be $25. The secretary of state shall keep a permanent record of all such special licenses, which record shall contain the names and residences of the couple to be married and the name and residence of the minister to whom the license is issued.|||Source. RS 147:6. CS 156:6. 1861, 2484:1. GS 161:9. 1877, 57:1. GL 180:9. PS 174:8. 1919, 56:1. 1921, 79:1. 1925, 27:1. PL 286:29. RL 338:32. 2000, 75:1. 2003, 319:20, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:32-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|Section 457:32-a - Judges of the United States and the State of New Hampshire.

    457:32-a Judges of the United States and the State of New Hampshire. –||I. The secretary of state may issue a special license to marry a couple within this state:||(a) To a judge of the United States residing in this state who is appointed pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution, to a judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court residing in this state and appointed pursuant to Article I of the United States Constitution, or to a United States magistrate judge residing in this state and appointed pursuant to federal law; or||(b) To a state supreme court justice, superior court judge, or circuit court judge.||II. There shall be a fee of $25 for each such license, and the secretary of state shall maintain a record of all such special licenses issued. A copy of the marriage license of the couple proposed to be married shall be filed with the secretary of state who shall maintain a permanent record of all such marriage licenses and the name and residence of the judge or magistrate performing the ceremony.|||Source. 1998, 294:2. 2001, 11:2. 2014, 9:2, eff. July 13, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:32-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|Section 457:32-b - Special Marriage Officiant License.

    457:32-b Special Marriage Officiant License. –||I. The secretary of state may issue a special marriage officiant license, which shall temporarily authorize an individual to solemnize a marriage in this state. Any individual who applies for the special marriage officiant license shall register with the secretary of state, complete the registration form prescribed by the secretary of state, and submit an $85 fee to the department of state. The secretary of state shall forward $80 of the fee to the department of health and human services for deposit in the fund for domestic violence programs, established in RSA 173-B:15, and shall retain the remainder of the fee for administrative costs associated with issuance of the license.||II. Upon registration as a special marriage officiant, the individual shall be authorized to solemnize only the civil marriage designated on the registration form and shall receive proof of such authority from the secretary of state. The individual's authority to solemnize the marriage shall expire at the same time as the corresponding license.|||Source. 2020, 25:6, eff. Sept. 18, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|Section 457:33 - Fee for Solemnizing.

    457:33 Fee for Solemnizing. –||The persons joined in marriage by a minister or justice of the peace shall pay the minister or justice a minimum of $5.|||Source. RS 147:7. CS 156:7. GS 161:10. GL 180:10. PS 174:9. PL 286:30. RL 338:33. RSA 457:33. 1969, 244:2. 1988, 121:13, eff. Oct. 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|Section 457:34 - Penalty for Solemnization Without Valid Certificate.

    457:34 Penalty for Solemnization Without Valid Certificate. –||If a minister or justice of the peace shall join any persons in marriage without having first received a certificate of the town clerk, or shall join any persons in marriage with a certificate which he knows to be invalid, he shall forfeit for each offense $60.|||Source. RS 147:12. CS 156:9. 1854, 1518:5. GS 161:8. GL 180:8. PS 174:10. PL 286:31. 1939, 52:2. RL 338:34.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|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. 1973, 529:113, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|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 informality in the certificate of intention of marriage, if the marriage is in other respects lawful and has been consummated with the belief on the part of either of the parties thereto that they were lawfully married.|||Source. RS 147:15. CS 156:12. GS 161:13. GL 180:13. PS 174:12. PL 286:33. RL 338:36.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|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 174:14. PL 286:35. RL 338:38. RSA 457:38. 1981, 160:5. 2003, 319:72, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|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. PL 286:36. RL 338:39.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|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.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|Section 457:41 - In Criminal Cases.

    457:41 In Criminal Cases. –||In actions for criminal conversation, and in indictments for bigamy and the like, there must be proof of a marriage in fact.|||Source. GS 161:18. GL 180:18. PS 174:17. PL 286:38. RL 338:41. 2014, 44:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|Section 457:42 - Marriage of Parents.

    457:42 Marriage of Parents. –||Where the parents of children born before marriage afterwards intermarry, and recognize such children as their own, such children shall be legitimate and shall inherit equally with their other children under the statute of distribution.|||Source. 1860, 2343:1. GS 161:15. GL 180:15. PS 174:18. PL 286:39. RL 338:42.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|Section 457:43 - Residents.

    457:43 Residents. –||If any person residing and intending to continue to reside in this state is prohibited from contracting marriage under the laws of this state and goes into another jurisdiction and there contracts a marriage prohibited and declared void by the laws of this state, such marriage shall be null and void for all purposes in this state, with the same effect as though such prohibited marriage had been entered into in this state.|||Source. 1979, 45:1, eff. June 10, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|Section 457:44 - Nonresidents; Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage.

    457:44 Nonresidents;  Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage. –||Any marriage of a same-sex couple contracted in this state on or after January 1, 2010 by a party residing or intending to reside in another jurisdiction is valid and legitimate as of the date of its solemnization.|||Source. 1979, 45:1. 2014, 160:2, eff. July 10, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|Section 457:45 - Civil Union Recognition.

    457:45 Civil Union Recognition. –||A civil union legally contracted outside of New Hampshire, or any legal union other than a marriage that provides substantially the same rights, benefits and responsibilities as a marriage that is legally contracted outside of New Hampshire, shall be recognized as a marriage in this state, and any person in such legal union contracted outside of New Hampshire may also marry the same party in New Hampshire without the dissolution of such legal union, provided that the relationship does not violate the prohibitions of this chapter.|||Source. 2009, 59:5. 2014, 160:3, eff. July 10, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 457:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 457 - Marriages|Section 457:46 - Obtaining Legal Status of Marriage.

    457:46 Obtaining Legal Status of Marriage. –||I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 457-A, no new civil unions shall be established on or after January 1, 2010. Two consenting persons who are parties to a valid civil union entered into prior to January 1, 2010 pursuant to this chapter may apply and receive a marriage license and have such marriage solemnized pursuant to RSA 457, provided that the parties are otherwise eligible to marry under RSA 457 and the parties to the marriage are the same as the parties to the civil union. Such parties may also apply by January 1, 2011 to the clerk of the town or city in which their civil union is recorded to have their civil union legally designated and recorded as a marriage, without any additional requirements of payment of marriage licensing fees or solemnization contained in RSA 457, provided that such parties' civil union was not previously dissolved or annulled. Upon application, the parties shall be issued a marriage certificate, and such marriage certificate shall be recorded with the division of vital records administration. Any civil union shall be dissolved by operation of law by any marriage of the same parties to each other, as of the date of the marriage stated in the certificate.||II. Two persons who are parties to a civil union established pursuant to RSA 457-A that has not been dissolved or annulled by the parties or merged into a marriage in accordance with paragraph I by January 1, 2011 shall be deemed to be married under this chapter on January 1, 2011 and such civil union shall be merged into such marriage by operation of law on January 1, 2011.|||Source. 2009, 59:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; 61:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2010 at 12:02 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 458:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458 - Annulment, Divorce and Separation|Section 458:1 - Without Decree.

    458:1 Without Decree. –||All marriages prohibited by law on account of the consanguinity or affinity of the parties, or where either has a former wife or husband living, knowing such wife or husband to be alive and knowing that their marriage had not been legally dissolved, if solemnized in this state, shall be absolutely void without any legal process.|||Source. RS 148:1. CS 157:1. GS 163:1. GL 182:1. PS 175:1. PL 287:1. RL 339:1. RSA 458:1. 1981, 160:6, eff. Aug. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 458:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458 - Annulment, Divorce and Separation|Section 458:2 - Petitions.

    458:2 Petitions. –||If any doubt exists whether any marriage is void, or as to the effect of any former decree of divorce or nullity between the parties, a petition may be filed as in other cases, and a decree of divorce or nullity may be made.|||Source. RS 148:2. CS 157:2. GS 163:2. GL 182:2. PS 175:2. PL 287:2. RL 339:2. 2004, 114:2, 3, eff. May 17, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 458:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458 - Annulment, Divorce and Separation|Section 458:3 - Jurisdiction.

    458:3 Jurisdiction. –||In any proceedings for annulment for any cause whether under statute or under common law, the court shall have jurisdiction to declare an annulment of a marriage entered into in this state even though neither party has been at any time a resident herein.|||Source. 1945, 12:1, eff. Feb. 13, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 458:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458 - Annulment, Divorce and Separation|Section 458:4 - Limitation.

    458:4 Limitation. –||The jurisdiction of the court to grant divorce is limited to cases where there is jurisdiction over the parties and of the alleged cause as defined in RSA 458:5 and 458:6.|||Source. 1883, 14:1. PS 175:3. PL 287:3. RL 339:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 458:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458 - Annulment, Divorce and Separation|Section 458:5 - Over Parties.

    458:5 Over Parties. –||Jurisdiction of the parties exists in the following cases only:||I. Where both parties were domiciled in the state when the action was commenced.||II. Where the plaintiff was so domiciled and the defendant was personally served with process within the state.||III. Where the plaintiff was domiciled in the state for one year next preceding the time when the action was commenced.||Where the domiciled plaintiff has filed a petition, the non-domiciled defendant may have affirmative relief upon filing a cross petition.|||Source. 1883, 14:1. PS 175:3. PL 287:4. RL 339:4. 2004, 114:2, eff. May 17, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 458:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458 - Annulment, Divorce and Separation|Section 458:6 - Over Cause of Action.

    458:6 Over Cause of Action. –||Jurisdiction of the cause for divorce exists when it wholly arose or accrued while the plaintiff was domiciled in the state, and not otherwise.|||Source. 1883, 14:1. PS 175:3. PL 287:5. RL 339:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 458:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458 - Annulment, Divorce and Separation|Section 458:7 - Absolute Divorce, Generally.

    458:7 Absolute Divorce, Generally. –||A divorce from the bonds of matrimony shall be decreed in favor of the innocent party for any of the following causes:||I. Impotency of either party.||II. Adultery of either party.||III. Extreme cruelty of either party to the other.||IV. Conviction of either party, in any state or federal district, of a crime punishable with imprisonment for more than one year and actual imprisonment under such conviction.||V. When either party has so treated the other as seriously to injure health or endanger reason.||VI. When either party has been absent 2 years together, and has not been heard of.||VII. When either party is an habitual drunkard, and has been such for 2 years together.||VIII. When either party has joined any religious sect or society which professes to believe the relation of husband and wife unlawful, and has refused to cohabit with the other for 6 months together.||IX. When either party, without sufficient cause, and without the consent of the other, has abandoned and refused, for 2 years together, to cohabit with the other.||X-XIII. [Repealed.]|||Source. RS 148:3. CS 157:3. GS 163:3. GL 182:3. PS 175:5. PL 287:6. 1938, 4:1. RL 339:6. RSA 458:7. 1957, 67:1. 1999, 198:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 458:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458 - Annulment, Divorce and Separation|Section 458:7-a - Absolute Divorce, Irreconcilable Differences.

    458:7-a Absolute Divorce, Irreconcilable Differences. –||A divorce from the bonds of matrimony shall be decreed, irrespective of the fault of either party, on the ground of irreconcilable differences which have caused the irremediable breakdown of the marriage. In any pleading or hearing of a petition for divorce under this section, allegations or evidence of specific acts of misconduct shall be improper and inadmissible, except where parental rights and responsibilities are an issue and such evidence is relevant to establish that a particular allocation of parental rights and responsibilities would be detrimental to the child or at a hearing where it is determined by the court to be necessary to establish the existence of irreconcilable differences. If, upon hearing of an action for divorce under this section, both parties are found to have committed an act or acts which justify a finding of irreconcilable differences, a divorce shall be decreed and the acts of one party shall not negate the acts of the other nor bar the divorce decree. The court's findings and decree may be based on oral testimony or written stipulations of the parties.|||Source. 1971, 445:1. 1998, 53:1. 2004, 114:2. 2005, 273:2, eff. Oct. 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 458:7-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458 - Annulment, Divorce and Separation|Section 458:7-b - Reconciliation.

    458:7-b Reconciliation. –||Whenever, before or during a hearing but before a final decree, the court shall determine that there is a likelihood for rehabilitation of the marriage relationship, the court shall refer the parties to an appropriate counseling agency within its jurisdiction, which referral may be made according to RSA 167-B or as the parties request, with the approval of the court. If the court determines that there is a reasonable possibility of reconciliation, the court shall continue the proceedings and require that both parties submit to marriage counseling. If the parties are insured, the court shall give due consideration to selecting a counselor who accepts direct payment from the parties' health insurance carrier.|||Source. 1971, 445:1. 2011, 106:1, eff. July 30, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 458:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458 - Annulment, Divorce and Separation|Section 458:8 - Repealed by 1971, 445:7, I, eff. Aug. 29, 1971.

    458:8 Repealed by 1971, 445:7, I, eff. Aug. 29, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 458:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458 - Annulment, Divorce and Separation|Section 458:10 - Repealed by 1987, 278:5, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.

    458:10 Repealed by 1987, 278:5, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 458:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458 - Annulment, Divorce and Separation|Section 458:11 - Service on Correspondent.

    458:11 Service on Correspondent. –||Any person not a party to the proceedings who is accused of adultery with the petitionee in a petition or cross petition for divorce or petition or cross petition for legal separation shall be duly served seasonably with an attested copy of such petition with the usual order of notice. Such service shall not be required when it appears that the third party resides outside the state or when the third party has been convicted of adultery with the petitionee as charged in the petition. Such third party, regardless of residence, shall have the right to appear and be heard in the proceedings.|||Source. 1949, 145:1. 1951, 128:1. RSA 458:11. 1996, 32:1. 2004, 114:2, eff. May 17, 2004.|