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 N.H. Rev. Stat. § 457:31 and the city or town of departure shall be the city or town of occurrence of the marriage.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 5-C:44

  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4