Section 15-3-12. – Endorsement and return of license.
§ 15-3-12. Endorsement and return of license. (a) Every minister, elder, justice, warden, or other person who joins any persons in marriage, shall: (b) Endorse the “License and Certificate of Marriage” form, prescribed pursuant to § 15-2-7, presented to him or her by the persons, as provided in § 15-3-7, and certify that the persons […]
Section 15-3-13. – Filing of return of marriage.
§ 15-3-13. Filing of return of marriage. The town or city clerk to whom the return of marriage provided for in § 15-3-12 is sent shall carefully file and preserve the return. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 191, § 16; P.L. 1898, ch. 549, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 243, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. […]
Section 15-3-14. – Neglect of duty by person performing ceremony.
§ 15-3-14. Neglect of duty by person performing ceremony. Every minister, elder, justice, warden, or other person authorized to join persons in marriage, including those authorized to join in marriage according to the Jewish religion, who fails to perform any of the duties devolved upon him or her by this chapter, shall be fined not […]
Section 15-3-1 – — 15-3-4. Repealed.
§ 15-3-1 — 15-3-4. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 191, §§ 6, 6*, 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 243, §§ 6, 6*, 7; P.L. 1909, ch. 430, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 287, §§ 6, 7; P.L. 1927, ch. 1005, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 415, §§ 6, 7; G.L. 1956, §§ 15-3-1 — 15-3-4; […]
Section 15-3-5. – Officials empowered to join persons in marriage.
§ 15-3-5. Officials empowered to join persons in marriage. Every ordained clergy or elder in good standing; every justice of the supreme court, superior court, family court, workers’ compensation court, district court or traffic tribunal; the clerk of the supreme court; every clerk, administrative clerk, general chief clerk, or administrator of the supreme court, superior […]