SENATE BILL 146

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2010

INTRODUCED BY

Cisco McSorley

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO DOMESTIC AFFAIRS; CHANGING FORMS FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES AND REGISTRATION.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 40-1-18 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1961, Chapter 99, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "40-1-18. FORM OF APPLICATION, LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE.--

"APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE

No._________________                        STATEMENTS

                                           RECEIVED AND FILED

                                      IN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

                                      at ______ o'clock _____m.

                                      ____________ [19] 20_____

                     DATE OF PREMARITAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

       [Bride] Applicant 1 ____________________________________

      [Groom] Applicant 2 _____________________________________

                       COUNTY CLERK___________________COUNTY

                             By ______________________Deputy

     To the County Clerk: We the undersigned hereby make application to be united in marriage and certify that we are not related within the degree prohibited by the laws of this state; that neither is bound by marriage to another; that there exists no legal impediment to this marriage; and that the information contained herein is correct.

     Applicant 1                Applicant 2

Date of Birth                   Date of Birth

____________________________    ______________________________

Place of Birth                  Place of Birth

___________________________     ______________________________

Present Address____________     Present Address_______________

___________________________     ______________________________          Signature                       Signature

     Subscribed and sworn to before me this _______________day

of ______________________ A.D. [19] 20__________.

                                                      (seal)

_________________________       By_____________________Deputy

Signature County Clerk

          CONSENT OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN (where either party is under age)

     I, the parent (guardian) of ____________________________,

hereby consent to the granting of a license to marry, waiving the question of minority.

                                ____________________________

                                Signature Parent (Guardian)

     I, the parent (guardian) of ____________________________,

hereby consent to the granting of a license to marry, waiving the question of minority.

                                _____________________________

                                Signature Parent (Guardian)

MARRIAGE LICENSE

State of New Mexico,)

County of __________) ss.

     To any Person Authorized by Law to Perform the Marriage Ceremony:

     Greeting:

     You are hereby authorized to join in marriage ___________ of _________________________ and ___________________________of __________________________ and of this license you will make due return to my office within the time prescribed by law.

     Witness my hand and the seal of said court at ___________ this _______________ day of ____________________________, [19] 20__________.

                                      _________________________

                                      County Clerk

     Recorded ______________, [19] 20_______, at _______________m.

     In marriage record book no. _____________, page _________

                                      _________________________

                                      County Clerk

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

State of New Mexico, )

County of ___________ ) ss.

     I hereby certify that on the ______ day of _____________,

A.D., [19] 20______, at __________________________in said county and state, I, the undersigned, a _____________________, did join in [the Holy Bonds of Matrimony] marriage in accordance with the laws of the State of New Mexico and the authorization of the foregoing license ___________________of __________________ and ____________________________ of __________________________.

     Witness my hand and seal the day and year last above written.

                                      _________________________

                                      (Official Title)

WITNESSES:

_________________________________________

_________________________________________

Signed __________________[Groom] Applicant 1.

Signed ________________[Bride] Applicant 2.

     Recorded this ______________ day of ____________________,

A.D., [19] 20_______, at ___________ m.

     Marriage Record Book No. ___________, Page No. __________                                      _________________________

                                      County Clerk.""

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