26.04.240 – Penalty for unlawful solemnization—Code 1881.
RCW 26.04.240 Penalty for unlawful solemnization—Code 1881. Any person who shall undertake to join others in marriage knowing that he or she is not lawfully authorized so to do, or any person authorized to solemnize marriage, who shall join persons in marriage contrary to the provisions of *this chapter, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished […]
26.04.250 – Penalty for unlawful solemnization—1909 c 249.
RCW 26.04.250 Penalty for unlawful solemnization—1909 c 249. Every person who shall solemnize a marriage when either party thereto is known to him or her to be under the age of legal consent or a marriage to which, within his or her knowledge, any legal impediment exists, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. [ […]
26.04.260 – Recognition of a legal union.
RCW 26.04.260 Recognition of a legal union. If two persons in Washington have a legal union, other than a marriage, that: (1) Was validly formed in another state or jurisdiction; (2) Provides substantially the same rights, benefits, and responsibilities as a marriage; and (3) Does not meet the definition of domestic partnership in RCW 26.60.030, […]
26.04.900 – Construction—Religious organization.
RCW 26.04.900 Construction—Religious organization. “Religious organization” as defined in this chapter must be interpreted liberally to include faith-based social service organizations involved in social services directed at the larger community. [ 2012 c 3 § 3 (Referendum Measure No. 74, approved November 6, 2012).] NOTES: Notice—2012 c 3: See note following RCW 26.04.010.
26.04.220 – Retention of license by person solemnizing—Auditor’s record.
RCW 26.04.220 Retention of license by person solemnizing—Auditor’s record. The person solemnizing the marriage is authorized to retain in his or her possession the license, but the county auditor who issues the same, before delivering it, shall enter in his or her marriage record a memorandum of the names of the parties, the consent of […]
26.04.150 – Application for license—May be secured by mail—Execution and acknowledgment.
RCW 26.04.150 Application for license—May be secured by mail—Execution and acknowledgment. Any person may secure by mail from the county auditor of the county in the state of Washington where he or she intends to be married, an application, and execute and acknowledge said application before a notary public. [ 2011 c 336 § 685; […]
26.04.160 – Application for license—Contents—Oath.
RCW 26.04.160 Application for license—Contents—Oath. (1) Application for a marriage license must be made and filed with the appropriate county auditor upon blanks to be provided by the county auditor for that purpose, which application shall be under the oath of each of the applicants, and each application shall state the name, address at the […]
26.04.165 – Additional marriage certificate form.
RCW 26.04.165 Additional marriage certificate form. In addition to the application provided for in RCW 26.04.160, the county auditor for the county wherein the license is issued shall submit to each applicant at the time for application for a license the Washington state department of health marriage certificate form provided by the state registrar of […]
26.04.170 – Inspection of applications.
RCW 26.04.170 Inspection of applications. Any such application shall be open to public inspection as a part of the records of the office of such county auditor. [ 1985 c 82 § 3; 1939 c 204 § 5; RRS § 8450-4.]
26.04.175 – When disclosure of marriage applications and records prohibited.
RCW 26.04.175 When disclosure of marriage applications and records prohibited. If a program participant under chapter 40.24 RCW notifies the appropriate county auditor as required under rules adopted by the secretary of state, the county auditor shall not make available for inspection or copying the name and address of a program participant contained in marriage […]