California Marriage Laws § 359
Marriage License
Read the full California Marriage Law § 359 at American Marriage Ministries. Last updated on Sunday, October 10, 2021.
Read the full California Marriage Law § 359 at American Marriage Ministries. Last updated on Sunday, October 10, 2021.
California Family Code 359
Section 359. Marriage License: (a) Except as provided in Sections 420 and 426, or Part 5 (commencing with Section 550), applicants to be married shall first appear together in person before the county clerk to obtain a marriage license. (b) The contents of the marriage license are provided in Part 1 (commencing with Section 102100) of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code. (c) The issued marriage license shall be presented to the person solemnizing the marriage by the parties to be married. (d) The person solemnizing the marriage shall complete the solemnization sections on the marriage license, and shall cause to be entered on the marriage license the printed name, signature, and mailing address of at least one, and no more than two, witnesses to the marriage ceremony. (e) The marriage license shall be returned by the person solemnizing the marriage to the county recorder of the county in which the license was issued within 10 days after the ceremony. (f) As used in this division, “returned” means presented to the appropriate person in person, or postmarked, before the expiration of the specified time period. (g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 816, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative January 1, 2008, by Sec. 56 of Ch. 816.; Amended 2021 by AB583)
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