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Nevada Revised Statutes 122A.100

Registration: Procedure; fees; eligibility; issuance of certificate.

1. A valid domestic partnership is registered in the State of Nevada when two persons who satisfy the requirements of subsection 2: (a) File with the Office of the Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State, a signed and notarized statement declaring that both persons: (1) Have chosen to share one another’s lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring; and (2) Desire of their own free will to enter into a domestic partnership; and (b) Pay to the Office of the Secretary of State a reasonable filing fee established by the Secretary of State, which filing fee must not exceed the total of an amount set by the Secretary of State to estimate: (1) The cost incurred by the Secretary of State to issue the Certificate described in subsection 3; and (2) Any other associated administrative costs incurred by the Secretary of State. The Office of the Secretary of State shall account for the fees received pursuant to paragraph (b) separately, and use those fees, and any interest and income earned on those fees, solely to pay for expenses related to administering the registration of domestic partnerships pursuant to this chapter, including, without limitation, the cost of materials and technology necessary to process and record the filing. At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of State shall reconcile the amount of the fees received pursuant to paragraph (b) and the expenses related to administering the registration of domestic partnerships pursuant to this chapter and deposit any excess fees received with the State Treasurer for credit to the State General Fund. 2. To be eligible to register pursuant to subsection 1, two persons desiring to enter into a domestic partnership must furnish proof satisfactory to the Office of the Secretary of State that: (a) Both persons have a common residence; (b) Neither person is married or a member of another domestic partnership; (c) The two persons are not related by blood in a way that would prevent them from being married to each other in this State; (d) Both persons are at least 18 years of age; and (e) Both persons are competent to consent to the domestic partnership. 3. The Office of the Secretary of State shall issue a Certificate of Registered Domestic Partnership to persons who satisfy the applicable requirements of this section. 4. As used in this section: (a) “Common residence” means a residence shared by both domestic partners on at least a part-time basis, irrespective of whether: (1) Ownership of the residence or the right to occupy the residence is in the name of only one of the domestic partners; and (2) One or both of the domestic partners owns or occupies an additional residence. (b) “Residence” means any house, room, apartment, tenement or other building, vehicle, vehicle trailer, semitrailer, house trailer or boat designed or intended for occupancy as a residence.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 2184; A 2010, 26th Special Session, 80; 2011, 114; 2017, 288)

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§ 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.
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§ 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.
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§ 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.
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§ 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.
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§ 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.
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§ 122A.010 Short title.
§ 122A.020 Definitions
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§ 122A.040 “Domestic partnership” defined.
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