Nevada Marriage Laws | § 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.] Marriage Laws

Nevada Revised Statutes 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.]

1. A certificate of permission to perform marriages or a renewal of such a certificate may be obtained only from the county clerk of the county in which the minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public or person who desires to be a marriage officiant resides, after the filing of a proper application. The initial application or application for renewal must: (a) Be in writing and be verified by the applicant. (b) If the applicant is a minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage: (1) Include the date of licensure, ordination or appointment of the minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, and the name of the church or religious organization with which he or she is affiliated; and (2) Be accompanied by one copy of the affidavit of authority to solemnize marriages described in subsection 5. (c) If the applicant is a notary public: (1) Include the date of the appointment of the notary public by the Secretary of State; and (2) Be accompanied by a verification issued by the Secretary of State within the 3 months immediately preceding the date of the application which states that the applicant has been appointed as a notary public by the Secretary of State pursuant to chapter 240 of NRS and is in good standing with the Secretary of State. The county clerk must refuse to issue a certificate of permission if the appointment of the notary public is suspended or revoked and may refuse to issue a certificate of permission if the notary public has committed any violations of chapter 240 of NRS. (d) If the county clerk has established a training course for an applicant seeking to obtain a certificate of permission to perform marriages or a single marriage in this State: (1) Include an additional fee not to exceed $100 for the course; and (2) Be accompanied by verification that the applicant successfully completed the course. (e) Include the social security number of the applicant. (f) Be accompanied by an application fee of $25. 2. To determine the qualifications of any minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public or person who desires to be a marriage officiant who has filed an application for a certificate of permission, the county clerk with whom the application has been filed may require: (a) The church or religious organization of the minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage to furnish any evidence which the county clerk considers necessary or helpful. (b) An investigation of the background and present activities of the minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public or person who desires to be a marriage officiant. The cost of an investigation conducted pursuant to this paragraph must be charged to the applicant. 3. In addition to the requirement of good standing, the county clerk shall, before approving an initial application, satisfy himself or herself that: (a) If the applicant is a minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, the applicant’s ministry is one of service to his or her church or religious organization or, in the case of a retired minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, that his or her active ministry was of such a nature. (b) No certificate previously issued to the applicant has been cancelled for a knowing violation of the laws of this State or of the United States. (c) The applicant has not been convicted of a felony, released from confinement or completed his or her parole or probation, whichever occurs later, within 10 years before the date of the application. 4. The county clerk may require any applicant to submit information in addition to that required by this section. 5. The affidavit of authority to solemnize marriages required by subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must be in substantially the following form: AFFIDAVIT OF AUTHORITY TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES FOR CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS State of Nevada } }ss. County of ............... } The.................................................. (name of church or religious organization) is organized and carries on its work in the State of Nevada. Its active meetings are located at.................................................. (street address, city or town). The.................................................. (name of church or religious organization) hereby finds that.................................................. (name of minister or other person authorized to solemnize marriages) is in good standing and is authorized by the.................................................. (name of church or religious organization) to solemnize a marriage. I am duly authorized by.................................................. (name of church or religious organization) to complete and submit this affidavit. Signature of Official Name of Official (type or print name) Title of Official Address City, State and Zip Code Telephone Number Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this.......... day of the month of.................... of the year........... Notary Public for .............................. County, Nevada. My appointment expires.............................. 6. Not later than 30 days after issuing or renewing a certificate of permission to perform marriages to a notary public, the county clerk must submit to the Secretary of State the name of the notary public to whom the certificate has been issued. 7. If a licensed, ordained or appointed minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage or marriage officiant who holds a certificate of permission to perform marriages changes his or her mailing address, the minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage or marriage officiant must notify the county clerk who issued the certificate of his or her new mailing address not later than 30 days after the change. Pursuant to NRS 122.068, a county clerk may revoke the certificate of permission to perform marriages of a licensed, ordained or appointed minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage or marriage officiant who fails to notify the county clerk of his or her new mailing address within 30 days after the change. If a notary public who holds a certificate of permission to perform marriages changes his or her mailing address, the notary public must submit to the Secretary of State a request for an amended certificate of appointment pursuant to NRS 240.036. 8. The fees collected by the county clerk pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 1 must be deposited in the account established pursuant to NRS 19.016.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1290; A 1969, 91; 1977, 457; 1997, 2041; 2009, 725; 2013, 1188; 2017, 1027; 2019, 454)

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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.