South Dakota Marriage Laws | § 25-1-37 | Record Maintained By Department Of Health Entry As Evidence Of Marriage Local Registrar To File Records With Department. Marriage Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws 25-1-37

Record maintained by Department of Health--Entry as evidence of marriage--Local registrar to file records with department.

The Department of Health shall maintain marriage licenses issued and records of marriages solemnized in South Dakota. A duly certified copy of the recorded marriage license shall be received as competent evidence of the marriage. The local registrar shall file monthly, or more frequently if required by the department, a record of all marriages occurring in the local registrar's county with the Department of Health by electronic means, if available. If electronic means are not available, the registrar shall file such record of all marriages on a form prescribed by the department.

SDC 1939, § 14.0122; SL 1974, ch 55, § 29; SL 1988, ch 202, § 9; SL 1993, ch 191, § 7; SL 2001, ch 129, § 1.

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§ 25-1-2 Present consent to marriage required.
§ 25-1-5 Manifestation and proof of consent and consummation of marriage.
§ 25-1-6 Incestuous marriages void.
§ 25-1-7 Marriage with stepchild void.
§ 25-1-8 Bigamous marriage void--Former spouse absent or believed dead.
§ 25-1-9 Age of consent to marriage with and without parental consent.
§ 25-1-10 License required for marriage--Fee--Disposition of fees--Form--Certified copies--Fee.
§ 25-1-36 Return of marriage performed without person authorized to perform--Failure as petty offense.
§ 25-1-11 Issuance of license to unqualified persons prohibited.
§ 25-1-13 Consent of parent or guardian required for marriage of minor--Memorandum in record book.
§ 25-1-15 Unlawful issuance of license as misdemeanor.
§ 25-1-24 Time allowed after license for solemnization of marriage.
§ 25-1-28.1 Distribution of HIV educational material before license issued.
§ 25-1-29 Solemnization and recording of marriages required--Common-law marriages prior to 1959 not invalidated.
§ 25-1-31 Solemnization of marriage without license as misdemeanor.
§ 25-1-32 Identity and ages of parties to be established before solemnization of marriage.
§ 25-1-33 Solemnization of marriage between unauthorized persons as misdemeanor.
§ 25-1-38 Validity of marriages contracted outside state--Same-sex marriages excluded.
§ 25-1-39 Marriage voidable if party physically incapable or consent obtained by fraud or force.
§ 25-1-40 Marital rights not restored by pardon from life sentence.
§ 25-1-10.2 Application for marriage license--Required statement.