- I. Corrections to a marriage record shall be initiated by the officiant or the marriage partners either by a personal visit or a letter to the clerk of the town or city who issued the marriage license.
- II. The clerk of the town or city shall make all corrections to the marriage record in accordance with RSA 5-C:85.
- III. The original signed request shall be retained on file by the clerk of the town or city in conformance with the retention schedule established by this chapter.
- IV. When amending a record, the change shall be noted by the clerk of the town or city on the marriage record with a notation indicating the documentation reviewed, if any, the date the change was made and whether the change was requested within 6 months of filing the original vital record.
- V. The correction process as described above shall not apply to records that are part of the public domain, pursuant to RSA 5-C:105, unless it is shown that the record is to be used for legal purposes or the registrant is still alive.
Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.