Hawaii Marriage Laws | § 572-11

Hawaii Revised Statutes 572-11

Marriage ceremony; license to solemnize.

It shall be unlawful for any person to perform a marriage ceremony within the State without first obtaining from the department of health a license to solemnize marriages. A standard license to solemnize marriages shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance. A short-term license to solemnize marriages shall be valid for sixty days from the date of issuance.

(b) The fee for a standard license to solemnize marriages shall be $100 per year. The fee for a short-term license to solemnize marriages shall be $25 per sixty-day period. All fees received for the issuance of licenses to solemnize marriages shall be remitted to the director of health. Upon receipt of a fee for a license under this section, the director shall deposit:

(1) For standard licenses, $75 to the vital statistics improvement special fund established under section 338-14.6, and $25 to the general fund; and

(2) For short-term licenses, $20 to the vital statistics improvement special fund established under section 338-14.6, and $5 to the general fund.

[CC 1859, §1283; RL 1925, §2949; am L 1929, c 104, §5; RL 1935, §4639; RL 1945, §12360; RL 1955, §323-11; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §572-11; am L 1969, c 19, §1]; amended 2023 Act 206

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