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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