New Mexico Marriage Laws | § 40-1-17 | Uniform Use Form. Marriage Laws

New Mexico Statutes Annotated 40-1-17

Uniform use form.

To ensure a uniform system of records of all marriages contracted and the better preservation of the records for future reference, the form of application, license and certificate shall be substantially as provided in Section 40-1-18 NMSA 1978, each blank to be numbered consecutively corresponding with the page number of the record book in the clerk's office; provided that the medical evaluation language shall not be printed on the application until such time as the secretary of health deems such evaluation necessary through the issuance of rules.

Laws 1905, ch. 65, § 7; Code 1915, § 3441; C.S. 1929, § 87-120; 1941 Comp., § 65-116; 1953 Comp., § 57-1-15; 2013, ch. 144, § 12.

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§ 40-1-2 Marriages solemnized; ordained clergy or civil magistrates may solemnize.
§ 40-1-6 Restrictions on marriage of minors.
§ 40-1-9 Prohibited marriages.
§ 40-1-15 Certification of marriage; recording and indexing.
§ 40-1-16 Application of law.
§ 40-1-18 Form of application, license and certificate.
§ 40-1-3 Ceremony by religious society.
§ 40-1-4 [Lawful marriages without the state recognized.]
§ 40-1-1 [Marriage is civil contract requiring consent of parties.]
§ 40-1-7 Incestuous marriages.
§ 40-1-10 License required; county clerk.
§ 40-1-11 Certificate required
§ 40-1-14 Production of license and proof of legal qualifications.
§ 40-1-17 Uniform use form.
§ 40-1-19 Offenses; penalties.
§ 40-1-20 [Marriages without license in 1905 validated.]