PART 3. SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGE [400. - 426.]

Part 3 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.

§§ 400–426 · 9 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. Persons Authorized to Solemnize Marriage §§ 400–402 · 3 sections

   • § 400 (a) Although marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil, and not a religious, contract, a marriage may be solemnized by a priest, minister, rabbi,…
   • § 401 (a) For each county, the county clerk is designated as a commissioner of civil marriages. (b) The commissioner of civil marriages may appoint deputy…
   • § 402 In addition to the persons permitted to solemnize marriages under Section 400, a county may license officials of a nonprofit religious institution, whose…
2. CHAPTER 2. Solemnization of Marriage §§ 420–426 · 6 sections

   • § 420 (a) No particular form for the ceremony of marriage is required for solemnization of the marriage, but the parties shall declare, in the physical presence of…
   • § 421 Before solemnizing a marriage, the person solemnizing the marriage shall require the presentation of the marriage license. If the person solemnizing the…
   • § 422 The person solemnizing a marriage shall sign and print or type upon the marriage license a statement, in the form prescribed by the State Department of Public…
   • § 423 (a) The person solemnizing the marriage shall return the marriage license, endorsed as required in Section 422, to the county recorder of the county in which…
   • § 425 If no record of the solemnization of a California marriage previously contracted under this division for that marriage is known to exist, the parties may…
   • § 426 If for sufficient reason, as described in subdivision (d), either or both of the parties to be married are physically unable to appear in person before the…