WHO CAN GET MARRIED

Marriage is not permitted in New Hampshire between people who are related by blood as first cousins or in any more direct lineage. Marriage may be performed by: 

• A Justice of the Peace commissioned in New Hampshire
• A minister of the gospel in New Hampshire who has been ordained to the usage of his denomination, resides in New Hampshire and is in regular standing with the denomination
• A minister within his parish, residing outside New Hampshire, but having a pastoral charge wholly or partly in New Hampshire
• Jewish Rabbis who are citizens of the United States and reside in this state
• Quakers
• A deacon in the Roman Catholic Church ordained according to the usage of his denomination
• Judges of the United States,
• A US magistrate judge residing in this state pursuant to federal law,\
• Clergyman who are not ordained, and non-resident Justices of the Peace, ministers and Jewish Rabbis, after being licensed by the Secretary of State.