... ordaned instantly online through the Universal Life Church (ULC.org) be legal?
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As long as this person can show you his credentials it should be fine if he can't show them to you when asked i know the ministers have to go through bible studys and other classes that they need to become a minister.He should be able to show his credentials to you up on request if he can't then i would think twice about having him do your wedding.
You should be okay as long as the minister resides in NH and has been ordained according to the usage of her or her denomination. NH does not require any particular ordination, it simply says the minister has to be ordained however the minister would ordinarily be ordained. See the law below. If however you're seeking an annulment by challenging the credentials of the minister, you should seek the services of an attorney.
457:31 Solemnization of Marriage. – A marriage may be solemnized in the following manner:
I. In a civil ceremony by a justice of the peace as commissioned by the state, by a state supreme court justice, superior court judge, or circuit court judge, and by judges of the United States appointed pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution, by bankruptcy judges appointed pursuant to Article I of the United States Constitution, or by United States magistrate judges appointed pursuant to federal law; or
II. In a religious ceremony by any minister of the gospel in the state who has been ordained according to the usage of his or her denomination, resides in the state, and is in regular standing with the denomination; by any member of the clergy who is not ordained but is engaged in the service of the religious body to which he or she belongs, and who resides in the state, after being licensed therefor by the secretary of state; or within his or her parish, by any minister residing out of the state, but having a pastoral charge wholly or partly in this state.