South Dakota Codified Laws 25-1-30
Persons authorized to solemnize marriages.
Marriage may be solemnized by a justice of the Supreme Court, a judge of the circuit court, a magistrate, a mayor, either within or without the corporate limits of the municipality from which the mayor was elected, or any person authorized by a church to solemnize marriages.
SDC 1939, § 14.0110; SL 1959, ch 50, § 2; SL 1976, ch 30, § 2; SL 2003, ch 143, § 1.
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Certificate delivered to parties--Return to register of deeds.
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Distribution of HIV educational material before license issued.
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Solemnization of marriage without license as misdemeanor.
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Validity of marriages contracted outside state--Same-sex marriages excluded.
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Application for marriage license--Required statement.