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RSA 457:34 · Penalty for Solemnization Without Valid Certificate
457:34 Penalty for Solemnization Without Valid Certificate. – If a minister or justice of the peace shall join any persons in marriage without having first received a certificate of the town clerk, or shall join any persons in marriage with a certificate which he knows to be invalid, he shall forfeit for each offense $60. Source. RS 147:12. CS 156:9. 1854, 1518:5. GS 161:8. GL 180:8. PS 174:10. PL 286:31. 1939, 52:2. RL 338:34.
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Source. RS 147:12. CS 156:9. 1854, 1518:5. GS 161:8. GL 180:8. PS 174:10. PL 286:31. 1939, 52:2. RL 338:34.
Source history
- 1854, 1518:5. GS 161:8. GL 180:8. PS 174:10. PL 286:31
- 1939, 52:2. RL 338:34
- RS 147:12. CS 156:9
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