PART 4. CONFIDENTIAL MARRIAGE [500. - 536.]

Part 4 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.

§§ 500–536 · 19 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 500–511 · 12 sections

   • § 500 When two unmarried people, not minors, have been living together as spouses, they may be married pursuant to this chapter by a person authorized to solemnize a…
   • § 500.5 For purposes of this part, the document issued by the county clerk is a marriage license until it is registered with the county clerk, at which time the…
   • § 501 (a) Except as provided in Section 502, a confidential marriage license shall be issued by the county clerk upon the personal appearance together of the parties…
   • § 502 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…
   • § 503 The county clerk shall issue a confidential marriage license upon the request of a notary public approved by the county clerk to issue confidential marriage…
   • § 504 A confidential marriage license is valid only for a period of 90 days after its issuance by the county clerk.
   • § 505 (a) The form of the confidential marriage license shall be prescribed by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics. (b) The form shall be designed to require…
   • § 506 (a) The confidential marriage license shall be presented to the person solemnizing the marriage. (b) Upon performance of the ceremony, the solemnization…
   • § 508 Upon issuance of a confidential marriage license, parties shall be provided with an application to obtain a certified copy of the confidential marriage…
   • § 509 (a) A party to a confidential marriage may obtain a certified copy of the confidential marriage certificate from the county clerk of the county in which the…
   • § 510 (a) If a confidential marriage license is lost, damaged, or destroyed after the performance of the marriage, but before it is returned to the county clerk, or…
   • § 511 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the county clerk shall maintain confidential marriage certificates filed pursuant to Section 506 as permanent…
2. CHAPTER 2. Approval of Notaries to Authorize Confidential Marriages §§ 530–536 · 7 sections

   • § 530 (a) No notary public shall issue a confidential marriage license pursuant to this part unless the notary public is approved by the county clerk to issue…
   • § 531 (a) An application for approval to authorize confidential marriages pursuant to this part shall be submitted to the county clerk in the county in which the…
   • § 532 No approval, or renewal of the approval, shall be granted pursuant to this chapter unless the notary public shows evidence of successful completion of a course…
   • § 533 An approval to issue confidential marriage licenses pursuant to this chapter is valid for one year. The approval may be renewed for additional one-year periods…
   • § 534 (a) The county clerk shall maintain a list of the notaries public who are approved to issue confidential marriage licenses. The list shall be available for…
   • § 535 (a) If, after an approval to issue confidential marriage licenses is granted pursuant to this chapter, it is discovered that the notary public has engaged in…
   • § 536 (a) The fee for an application for approval to authorize confidential marriages pursuant to this chapter is three hundred dollars ($300). (b) The fee for…