New Hampshire Marriage Laws | § 457:2

New Hampshire Revised Statutes - Title 63 457:2

Marriages Prohibited.

No person shall marry his or her father, mother, father's brother, father's sister, mother's brother, mother's sister, son, daughter, brother, sister, son's son, son's daughter, daughter's son, daughter's daughter, brother's son, brother's daughter, sister's son, sister's daughter, father's brother's son, father's brother's daughter, mother's brother's son, mother's brother's daughter, father's sister's son, father's sister's daughter, mother's sister's son, or mother's sister's daughter. No person shall be allowed to be married to more than one person at any given time.

RS 147:2. CS 156:2. GS 161:2. 1869, 9:2. GL 180:2. PS 174:2. PL 286:2. RL 338:2. RSA 457:2. 1965, 46:1. 1987, 218:2. 2009, 59:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.

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§ 457:35 Penalty for Solemnization by Unauthorized Person.
§ 457:31 Solemnization of Marriage.
§ 457:32 Special Commission.
§ 457:32-a Judges of the United States and the State of New Hampshire.
§ 457:5 Of Consent.
§ 457:4 Marriageable.
§ 457:32-b Special Marriage Officiant License.
§ 457:1 Purpose and Intent.
§ 457:3 Recognition of Out-of-State Marriages.
§ 457:29 Marriage License Fee.
§ 5-C:42 Marriage License and Registration.
§ 457:46 Obtaining Legal Status of Marriage.
§ 5-C:46 Marriage of Step-Children and Adopted Children.
§ 5-C:51 Certificate of Remarriage.
§ 5-C:49 Officiant Responsibilities.
§ 457:1-a Equal Access to Marriage
§ 457:2 Marriages Prohibited.
§ 457:8 Prohibitions.
§ 457:28 REPEALED: Procedure.
§ 457:7 REPEALED: Granting of Permission.
§ 457:9 Penalty.
§ 457:22 Completion of Marriage License Application.
§ 457:23 Requirements
§ 457:24 Penalty
§ 457:26 Marriage License
§ 457:28-a Brochures Relative to Family Planning Services, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
§ 457:28-b REPEALED: Destruction of Records.
§ 457:31-a Secretary of State
§ 457:31-b Solemnization of Marriage; Applicability.
§ 457:33 Fee for Solemnizing.
§ 457:34 Penalty for Solemnization Without Valid Certificate.
§ 457:36 Effect of Informality.
§ 457:38 Certified Copy of Record.
§ 457:39 Cohabitation, etc.
§ 457:40 In Civil Actions.
§ 457:41 In Criminal Cases.
§ 457:42 Marriage of Parents.
§ 457:43 Residents.
§ 457:44 Nonresidents; Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage.
§ 457:45 Civil Union Recognition.
§ 5-C:43 Distribution of the Marriage License.
§ 5-C:44 Offshore Marriages
§ 5-C:47 Marriage of Prisoners.
§ 5-C:52 Delayed Certificate of Marriage.
§ 5-C:41 Marriage Registration Forms.
§ 5-C:50 Remarriage Permitted.
§ 457:5-a REPEALED: Petition for Annulment; Orders by Court.
§ 457:6 REPEALED: Petition by Party Under Age.
§ 5-C:45 REPEALED: Marriage of Minors.
§ 457:37 Affirmation of Freedom of Religion in Marriage.