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Minnesota Marriage Laws § 517.10

CERTIFICATE; WITNESSES.

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Minnesota Statutes 517.10

CERTIFICATE; WITNESSES.

The person solemnizing a civil marriage shall complete and sign a marriage certificate provided by the local registrar. The certificate shall contain the full names of the parties before and after the civil marriage, the birth dates of the parties, and county and state of residences of the parties and the date and place of the civil marriage. The certificate shall also contain the signatures the applicants' legal names after marriage and of at least two of the witnesses present at the civil marriage who shall be at least 16 years of age. The person solemnizing the civil marriage shall immediately make a record of such civil marriage, and file such certificate with the local registrar of the county in which the license was issued within five days after the ceremony. The local registrar shall record such certificate in the county civil marriage records.

(8571) RL s 3561; 1949 c 374 s 3; 1951 c 700 s 3; 1977 c 441 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 2004 c 273 s 7; 2009 c 129 s 9; 2013 c 74 s 9; 2025 HF2432

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§ 517.03 PROHIBITED CIVIL MARRIAGES.
§ 517.18 Repealed: CIVIL MARRIAGE SOLEMNIZATION.
§ 517.10 CERTIFICATE; WITNESSES.
§ 517.201 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
§ 517.23 MEANING OF CIVIL MARRIAGE.
§ 517.001 DEFINITION.
§ 517.02 PERSONS CAPABLE OF CONTRACTING.
§ 517.01 CIVIL MARRIAGE CONTRACT.
§ 517.08 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.
§ 517.09 SOLEMNIZATION.
§ 517.05 Repealed: Credentials of Minister
§ 517.041 POWER TO APPOINT COURT COMMISSIONER; DUTY.
§ 517.06 Parties Examined
§ 517.07 License
§ 517.103 Amendment of Marriage License
§ 517.101 CERTIFIED COPIES OF CIVIL MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
§ 517.14 ILLEGAL CIVIL MARRIAGE; FALSE CERTIFICATE; PENALTY.
§ 517.15 UNAUTHORIZED PERSON PERFORMING CEREMONY.
§ 517.16 IMMATERIAL IRREGULARITY OF OFFICIATING PERSON DOES NOT VOID.
§ 517.20 APPLICATION.
§ 517.21 AMERICAN FAMILY DAY.
§ 517.13 PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO FILE CERTIFICATE.
§ 517.04 PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM CIVIL MARRIAGES.

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