New Hampshire § 5-C-44 - Section 5-C:44 Offshore Marriages.

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§ 5-C-44. Section 5-C:44 Offshore Marriages.

I. A marriage license for an offshore marriage ceremony shall be obtained from the clerk of any town or city and certified only if the marriage ceremony was performed on the ocean off the New Hampshire coast within 3 miles of the shoreline, in the air anywhere over the state of New Hampshire, or, aboard ship on a lake in the state of New Hampshire. II. The marriage ceremony for an offshore marriage shall be performed by an officiant identified in RSA 457:31 and the city or town of departure shall be the city or town of occurrence of the marriage.

Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 5-C-44 ("Section 5-C:44 Offshore Marriages.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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