Nevada Marriage Laws | § NRS 122.062

Nevada Revised Statutes - Title 11: Domestic Relations - Chapter 122: Marriage - Authentication of Marriage - Certificates of Permission to Perform Marriages NRS 122.062

Licensed, ordained or appointed ministers, other persons authorized to solemnize a marriage and chaplains of Armed Forces to obtain certificates from county clerk; temporary replacements; solemnization by minister or other authorized person who resides in another state or who is retired

1. Any licensed, ordained or appointed minister or other person authorized to solemnize a marriage in good standing within his or her church or religious organization, or either of them, incorporated, organized or established in this State, may join together as husband and wife persons who present a marriage license obtained from any county clerk of the State, if the minister or other person authorized to solemnize a marriage first obtains a certificate of permission to perform marriages as provided in NRS 122.062 to 122.073, inclusive. The fact that a minister or other person authorized to solemnize a marriage is retired does not disqualify him or her from obtaining a certificate of permission to perform marriages if, before retirement, the minister or other person authorized to solemnize a marriage had active charge of a church or religious organization for a period of at least 3 years. 2. A temporary replacement for a licensed, ordained or appointed minister or other person authorized to solemnize a marriage certified pursuant to NRS 122.062 to 122.073, inclusive, may solemnize marriages pursuant to subsection 1 during such time as he or she may be authorized to do so by the county clerk in the county in which he or she is a temporary replacement, for a period not to exceed 90 days. The minister or other person authorized to solemnize a marriage whom he or she temporarily replaces shall provide him or her with a written authorization which states the period during which it is effective. 3. Any chaplain who is assigned to duty in this State by the Armed Forces of the United States may solemnize marriages if the chaplain obtains a certificate of permission to perform marriages from the county clerk of the county in which his or her duty station is located. The county clerk shall issue such a certificate to a chaplain upon proof of his or her military status as a chaplain and of his or her assignment. 4. A county clerk may authorize a licensed, ordained or appointed minister or other person authorized to solemnize a marriage whose residence and church or religious organization is in another state or who is retired, if his or her service was as described in subsection 1, to perform marriages in the county if the county clerk is satisfied that the minister or other person authorized to solemnize a marriage is in good standing with his or her church or religious organization pursuant to this section. The authorization must be in writing and need not be filed with any other public officer. A separate authorization is required for each marriage performed. Such a minister or other person authorized to solemnize a marriage may perform not more than five marriages in this State in any calendar year and must acknowledge that he or she is subject to the jurisdiction of the county clerk with respect to the provisions of this chapter governing the conduct of ministers or other persons authorized to solemnize a marriage to the same extent as if he or she were a minister or other person authorized to solemnize a marriage residing in this State.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1289; A 1969, 37; 1993, 1462; 1997, 2040; 1999, 520, 541; 2009, 724)

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§ 122.0015 “Commercial wedding chapel” defined.
§ 122.090 Marriage solemnized by unauthorized person: When valid.
§ 122.004 “Marriage officiant” defined.
§ 122.062 Licensed, ordained or appointed ministers, other church or religious officials authorized to solemnize a marriage, notaries public, marriage officiants and chaplains of Armed Forces to obtain certificates from county clerk; temporary replacements; solemnization by minister or other authorized person who resides in another state or who is retired.
§ 122.020 Persons capable of marriage.
§ 122.060 Fees
§ 122.064 Initial application for or renewal of certificate: Form; required information; fees. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
§ 122.065 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for certificate; grounds for denial of certificate; duty of county clerk. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
§ 122.120 Certificate of marriage: Form.
§ 122.067 Suspension of certificate for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
§ 122.0615 Issuance of marriage license during certain office hours or during other hours by commercial wedding chapel if authorized; establishment of program to authorize certain commercial wedding chapels to issue marriage licenses; duties of such chapels; records of such chapels are public records; geographic limitation on use of marriage licenses issued by such chapels; penalty.
§ 122.181 Fees for solemnizing marriages: Amounts; disposition.
§ 122.185 Signs required in office and rooms; contents.
§ 122.215 Solicitation to perform marriage prohibited on county property where marriage licenses are issued; civil penalty.
§ 122.220 Solemnizing marriage without exhibition of marriage license.
§ 122.280 Display of informational brochures.
§ 122.290 Certificate of vow renewal: Establishment of program; form; fee.
§ 122A.100 Registration: Procedure; fees; eligibility; issuance of certificate.
§ 122.0665 Affidavit of removal of authority to solemnize marriages: Form of affidavit; filing by church or religious organization that authorized official to solemnize marriages.
§ 122.050 Form of marriage license.
§ 122.025 Marriage of minor who is 17 years of age: Consent of parent or guardian; authorization by court.
§ 122.080 Solemnization of marriage by Supreme Court justice, appellate judge, district judge, justice of the peace, municipal judge, commissioner and deputy commissioner of civil marriages and mayor; unlawful acts.
§ 122.160 Marriages between Indians performed by tribal custom on reservation or in colony: Validity; certificate of declaration.
§ 122.006 “Other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage” defined.
§ 122.010 What constitutes marriage; no common-law marriages after March 29, 1943.
§ 122.001 Definitions.
§ 122.002 “Commissioner township” defined.
§ 122.040 Marriage license: Requirements; issuance by county clerk; waiver of certain requirements; name after marriage; public records; expiration.
§ 122.030 Documents constituting presumptive evidence of marriage.
§ 122.045 Preparation of affidavit of correction to correct information in marriage license; fees.
§ 122.055 Consolidation of forms for marriage; requirements and limitations on information on reverse of form.
§ 122.066 Database of ministers, other church or religious officials authorized to solemnize a marriage, notaries public or marriage officiants who have been issued certificate of permission to perform marriages; maintenance of database by Secretary of State; entry of certain information into database by county clerk; approval of application for or renewal of certificate; validity of certificate; expiration; removal of authority to solemnize marriage.
§ NRS 122.061 Office hours for issuance of marriage licenses. [Effective July 1, 2011.]
§ NRS 122.062 Licensed, ordained or appointed ministers, other persons authorized to solemnize a marriage and chaplains of Armed Forces to obtain certificates from county clerk; temporary replacements; solemnization by minister or other authorized person who resides in another state or who is retired
§ 122.061 Office hours for issuance of marriage licenses.
§ 122.064 Initial application for or renewal of certificate: Form; required information; fees. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
§ 122.068 Revocation of certificates and removal of authority to solemnize marriages; hearing; duties of Secretary of State.
§ 122.071 Judicial review.
§ 122.073 Additional regulations by county clerk.
§ 122.150 Forms used by Friends or Quakers valid.
§ 122.100 Marriages solemnized between March 3, 1937, and March 24, 1943, validated.
§ 122.103 Marriages solemnized by certain ministers before May 20, 1967, validated.
§ 122.110 No particular form of solemnization required; witness.
§ 122.130 Certificate of marriage: Recording; loss or destruction before recording; replacement certificate; fees.
§ 122.135 Preparation of affidavit of correction to correct information in certificate of marriage; fees.
§ 122.140 Illegitimate children legitimatized.
§ 122.170 Marriages between Indians consummated in accordance with tribal customs valid: Certificate of marriage; contents; recording.
§ 122.173 Commissioner of civil marriages: County clerk is ex officio in larger counties; appointment of county clerk in smaller counties; solemnization of marriages; no additional compensation.
§ 122.175 Deputy commissioners of civil marriages: Appointment; powers and duties; compensation; limitation on number on duty.
§ 122.177 Area for solemnizing marriages.
§ 122.179 Clerical personnel, supplies and equipment to be provided by county.
§ 122.183 Hours of operation for office.
§ 122.187 Receipt of additional fees prohibited.
§ 122.189 Prohibited acts.
§ 122.191 Display and contents of signs indicating location of office.
§ 122.193 Penalty.
§ 122.200 False statement to procure marriage license.
§ 122.210 Unauthorized issuance of marriage license by county clerk.
§ 122.230 Failure of person solemnizing marriage to make and deliver certificate to county clerk or county recorder.
§ 122.240 Failure of county recorder or county clerk to record certificate of marriage.
§ 122.250 Willful making of false certificate of marriage.
§ 122.260 Solemnization of marriage by unauthorized person or where legal impediment known; civil penalty; delegation of authority to hearing officer to determine violations and levy penalties.
§ 122.270 Recovery of forfeitures by civil actions.
§ 122A.010 Short title.
§ 122A.020 Definitions
§ 122A.030 “Domestic partners” defined.
§ 122A.040 “Domestic partnership” defined.
§ 122A.090 Construction of chapter.
§ NRS 122A.510 Domestic partnership not marriage for purposes of certain provisions of Nevada Constitution
§ 122A.110 Solemnization ceremony not required for domestic partnership; religious faiths free to choose whether to grant religious status to domestic partnership under own rules of practice.