CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [500. - 511.]

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.

§§ 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…