Title I, The State and Its Government

The members of the state historical records advisory board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed their reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this subdivision.

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 N…

The state historical records advisory board shall serve as a central advisory body for historical records, planning for projects developed and carried out under the program established under RSA 5:25 in the state and in compliance with the National Historical Publications and Rec…

I. The division shall issue a marriage certificate for step-siblings in a family if the natural parents of each child had no biological connection to each other closer than cousin. II. The division shall issue a marriage certificate to an adopted brother and an adopted sister in …

The state historical records advisory board is authorized to cooperate with cities, towns, private groups, and institutions in the state and with agencies of state government, with respect to matters of interest in collecting and preserving historical records.

In this subdivision: I. [Repealed.] II. "Local government" means cities, towns, or unincorporated places. III. "Local government records manager" means the liaison between the division of archives and records management and the municipalities who shall coordinate the local govern…

If an inmate of a state prison or county jail receives permission from prison or jail officials to marry while still an inmate, the city or town in which the institution is located shall be considered as the residence of the inmate but the marriage license may be obtained from th…

A certified copy of the absolute or final court-ordered civil annulment decree shall be presented by the party to the clerk of the town or city who issues the marriage license. The clerk of the town or city shall make a notation on the marriage license indicating a civil annulmen…

I. The person who performs a marriage shall certify the fact of marriage and within 6 days return the record by mail or in person to the clerk of the town or city of license issuance. II. No person shall certify or sign the marriage certificate as the officiant at his or her own …

There is established in the division of archives and records management, department of state, the position of local government records manager who shall be a classified state employee. The local government records manager shall have the following duties: I. It shall be the respon…

I. All state agencies shall take the following actions no later than 9 months after the effective date of this chapter and report their compliance with the department of information technology: (a) Review the use of AI in their computer systems to verify, to the best of their kno…

He shall have the custody of the state seal; and copies of records and papers in his office, certified by him or his deputy and authenticated by the state seal, shall be evidence in like manner as the originals.

I. Each pooled risk management program shall meet the following standards of organization and operation. Each program shall: (a) Exist as a legal entity organized under New Hampshire law. (b) Be governed by a board the majority of which is composed of elected or appointed public …

I. Forms and data fields maintained electronically shall include all facts contained on the national standard certificate forms developed by the National Center for Health Statistics, United States Department of Health and Human Services. As revisions to the National Center for H…

The secretary of state is hereby directed to furnish such number of copies of the state constitution to the general public as he or she may deem necessary. The secretary of state may assess a fee to cover costs for bulk orders of copies of the state constitution requested by memb…

The clerk of the town or city shall refer to the state registrar all requests for a marriage license made by parties who are currently married but the validity of the marriage is questioned by the court, law enforcement agencies or the state registrars outside of New Hampshire. I…

I. A marriage certificate shall not be issued to parties who are already lawfully married to each other except as provided in RSA 5-C:50. This shall also include issuing a marriage certificate for the renewal of marriage vows for religious or anniversary purposes. II. In the case…

I. The registration of a marriage after 6 months from the actual date of the marriage shall be accomplished using a regular certificate of marriage, completed in accordance with RSA 5-C:42. II. Registration of marriage pursuant to paragraph I requires that an application for a de…

I. When the steps described in RSA 5-C:52 have been completed, the clerk of the town or city shall prepare a delayed certificate of marriage as provided in this section. II. If the actual date of marriage has been established but other entries for dates recorded on the marriage c…

I. The state registrar shall review each application certified by a clerk of a town or city to determine that the application meets the requirements of RSA 5-C:52 and the evidence submitted establishes the facts of the marriage. II. If the application complies with the requiremen…

I. If an individual believes a bigamous marriage has taken place and such individual wishes to challenge the validity of the marriage certificate, the individual making the accusation shall provide to the clerk of the town or city a notarized statement of the alleged facts; a cop…

I. Pursuant to RSA 458:1, a marriage certificate shall be voided if an individual accused of bigamy fails to respond to a certified letter or a founded claim of bigamy has been referred to the county attorney by the state registrar as provided in RSA 5-C:55. II. If the marriage c…

I. The following information shall be provided on an application for certified copy of marriage record, before a certified copy is issued: (a) The full name of both marriage applicants, including any prior surname if different from the current name. (b) The date of marriage. (c) …

I. The petitioner or his or her legal representative shall provide the following information, in writing, for both the husband and the wife in order to complete a petition of divorce, legal separation, or civil annulment: (a) Their full names and usual residences by city, town or…

I. Only one record of divorce, legal separation, or civil annulment shall be prepared by the clerk of the court and forwarded to the division for each marriage dissolved by the superior court. II. Queries to the division concerning any entry on the report of divorce, legal separa…

The secretary of state shall prepare and distribute the election-related items as provided in the election laws.

The registrar shall have an official seal which shall be like the seal of the state except that the device thereon shall be surrounded by the words "New Hampshire Department of State, Registrar of Vital Records" in the place of the words "Seal of the State of New Hampshire, 1776.…

I. Any pooled risk management program meeting the standards required under this chapter is not an insurance company, reciprocal insurer, or insurer under the laws of this state, and administration of any activities of the plan shall not constitute doing an insurance business for …

The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.

The secretary of state shall prepare and distribute an election procedure manual as provided in RSA 652:22.

The secretary of state shall have authority to employ such additional assistants as may be required in carrying out the provisions of the election laws, and all necessary expense thereof shall be paid by the state. All full-time employees and officials in this department shall be…

The secretary of state is authorized to contract for printing in connection with his duties under the election laws. The provisions of RSA 8 relative to competitive bidding for state purchases shall not apply to contracts entered into by the secretary of state hereunder.

I. There is established in the office of the state treasurer a nonlapsing fund to be known as the election fund which shall be kept distinct and separate from all other funds. The election fund is established to meet the requirements of section 254(b) of the Help America Vote Act…

I. An applicant for a copy of a divorce, legal separation, or civil annulment certificate shall provide the following information, in writing, to the division: (a) The husband's first and last name. (b) The wife's first and maiden name. (c) The date of decree. (d) The place of de…

I. Written application for a copy of a divorce, legal separation, or civil annulment record, shall be made to the division or to the New Hampshire court granting such divorce, legal separation, or civil annulment. II. The state registrar, upon receipt of a written application, sh…

I. For every death that occurs in the state of New Hampshire, a death record shall be filed electronically by a funeral director, certifying physician, APRN, physician associate, next of kin, designated agent, or clerk of the town or city with the division within 36 hours of deat…

I. When a death occurs in a hospital or health care facility and the death is not reported to the medical examiner pursuant to RSA 611-B:12, the person in charge of such facility, or his or her designated representative, shall provide the funeral director, next of kin, or designa…

I. Medical certification shall consist of the pronouncement of death and the medical certification of the cause of death. II. The medical certification on the death record shall be completed by the attending physician, APRN, or physician associate or certifying physician, APRN, o…

When a death is presumed to have occurred within the state of New Hampshire but the body cannot be located, a death record shall be prepared by the state registrar upon receipt of a certified copy of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, indicating the finding of facts. …

I. When a funeral director, next of kin, or designated agent is requested to take custody of a body, he or she shall first ascertain whether a pronouncing physician, pronouncing registered nurse, APRN, physician associate, or a medical examiner has established the cause of death …

I. A clerk of a town or city or a funeral director shall provide the following information for a burial permit: (a) The full name of the deceased. (b) The date of death. (c) The city or town, county, and state of death. (d) The sex, date of birth, and age of the deceased. (e) The…

When a body is to be stored, the burial permit shall be completed by the cemetery sexton where the body is entombed and sent to the clerk of the town or city where the storage vault is located. When the body is to be moved from entombment for final disposition, the funeral direct…

The division shall issue emergency burial permits only when the death record is incomplete. The number of emergency burial permits shall be 2 per funeral home at one time, except that, if a New Hampshire funeral home has requested an emergency burial permit on behalf of an out-of…

Every certificate or other official paper executed by the registrar under seal, in pursuance of authority conferred by law, shall be received as evidence, and may be recorded in the proper recording offices in the same manner and with like effect as a legally acknowledged deed; a…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any information of any pooled risk management program formed or affirmed under this chapter pertaining to claims analysis or claims management shall be privileged and confidential and not subject to disclosure to any third par…

I. In those cases in which personal data concerning the deceased is not available or it is not possible to obtain the cause of death information within the 36 hours stipulated for obtaining the burial permit, the funeral director, next of kin, or designated agent shall request th…