§ 20-14.1. Duration of license; issuance of additional licenses
Every marriage license issued under § 20-14 shall constitute authority for a period of only sixty days from the date of issuance for the solemnization of a marriage of the licensees. Whenever such sixty-day period shall have elapsed without the solemnization of a marriage of the licensees, the license shall expire. The provisions of this […]
§ 20-14.2. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 2012, c. 802, cl. 2.
§ 20-15. Tax on license
On each marriage license issued under § 20-14 there is hereby levied a license tax of $20, which tax shall be collected by the clerk when the license is issued and accounted for as in the case of other state taxes collected by him. Ten dollars of this license tax shall be allocated to the […]
§ 20-16. Issuance of marriage licenses and marriage certificates
The clerk issuing any marriage license shall require the parties contemplating marriage to state, under oath, the information required to complete the application for marriage license. The parties shall be able to designate themselves on the application for marriage license as spouse, bride, or groom. The clerk shall provide the parties with two copies of […]
§ 20-16.1. Clerk authorized to amend marriage records
The clerk (i) may, on his own authority, correct marriage records established in his office by amending the same upon application under oath and submission of evidence deemed by the clerk to be adequate and sufficient and (ii) shall correct such records upon order of the court in which the marriage record was established. Upon […]
§ 20-17. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 1968, c. 318.
§ 20-20. Clerk to file license and certificate; indexing names of parties; certified copies as evidence
The clerk to whom the license and certificate are returned, shall file and preserve the original in his office, and make an index of the names of both of the parties married. When the certificates of such person celebrating such marriage are returned to the clerk, and recorded as provided in this section and § […]
§ 20-13. License and solemnization required
Every marriage in this Commonwealth shall be under a license and solemnized in the manner herein provided. Code 1919, § 5071.