California Marriage Laws § 357
Marriage License
Read the full California Marriage Law § 357 at American Marriage Ministries. Last updated on Wednesday, December 12, 2020.
Read the full California Marriage Law § 357 at American Marriage Ministries. Last updated on Wednesday, December 12, 2020.
California Family Code 357
(a) The county clerk shall number each marriage license issued and shall transmit at periodic intervals to the county recorder a list or copies of the licenses issued. (b) Not later than 60 days after the date of issuance, the county recorder shall notify licenseholders whose marriage license has not been returned of that fact and that the marriage license will automatically expire on the date shown on its face. (c) The county recorder shall notify the licenseholders of the obligation of the person solemnizing their marriage to return the marriage license to the recorder’s office within 10 days after the ceremony.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 816, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative January 1, 2008, by Sec. 56 of Ch. 816.)
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