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Can a minor apply for a marriage license in City of Manchester?

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Direct answer

In City of Manchester, no license may be issued to anyone under 18. New Hampshire has no parental-consent or judicial-approval route for a minor, and a marriage contracted below 18 is void. The former consent and waiver provisions at RSA 457:5-a, 457:6 and 457:7 were repealed effective 1 January 2025, and RSA 457:8 bars a town or city clerk from issuing a certificate for the marriage of anyone under 18.

Published rule and conditions

Minor applicant rule
No license may be issued to anyone under 18. New Hampshire has no parental-consent or judicial-approval route for a minor, and a marriage contracted below 18 is void.

The former consent and waiver provisions at RSA 457:5-a, 457:6 and 457:7 were repealed effective 1 January 2025, and RSA 457:8 bars a town or city clerk from issuing a certificate for the marriage of anyone under 18.

Official requirement

No person below the age of 18 years shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage, and all marriages contracted by such persons shall be null and void.

Issuing office

City of Manchester Office of the City Clerk

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Official sources for this answer

  • RSA 457:4 MarriageableNew Hampshire General Court - checked July 30, 2026

    No person below the age of 18 years shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage, and all marriages contracted by such persons shall be null and void. Source. 1907, 80:1. PL 286:4. RL 338:4. 2009, 59:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010. 2018, 272:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019. 2024, 81:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.

  • RSA 457:8 ProhibitionsNew Hampshire General Court - checked July 30, 2026

    No town clerk shall issue any certificate for the marriage of any person below the age of 18, and no magistrate or minister of religion shall solemnize the marriage of any such person, if such clerk, magistrate, or minister knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such person is below such age. No magistrate or minister of religion shall solemnize any marriage by proxy.

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