Washington Marriage Laws | § 26.04.120

Revised Code of Washington 26.04.120

Marriage according to religious ritual.

All marriages to which there are no legal impediments, solemnized before or in any religious organization or congregation, according to the established ritual or form commonly practiced therein, are valid, and a certificate containing the particulars specified in RCW 26.04.080 and 26.04.090, shall be made and filed for record by the person or persons presiding or officiating in or recording the proceedings of such religious organization or congregation, in the manner and with like effect as in ordinary cases.

[Code 1881 § 2389; RRS § 8448.]

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§ 26.04.020 Prohibited marriages.
§ 26.04.060 Marriage before unauthorized cleric—Effect.
§ 26.04.070 Form of solemnization.
§ 26.04.080 Marriage certificate—Contents.
§ 26.04.090 Certificate for files of county auditor and state registrar of vital statistics—Forms.
§ 26.04.100 Filing and recording—County auditor.
§ 26.04.105 Preservation of copies of applications and licenses—County auditor.
§ 26.04.140 Marriage license.
§ 26.04.110 Penalty for failure to deliver certificates.
§ 26.04.120 Marriage according to religious ritual.
§ 26.04.150 Application for license—May be secured by mail—Execution and acknowledgment.
§ 26.04.160 Application for license—Contents—Oath.
§ 26.04.165 Additional marriage certificate form.
§ 26.04.170 Inspection of applications.
§ 26.04.175 When disclosure of marriage applications and records prohibited.
§ 26.04.180 License—Time limitations as to issuance and use—Notification.
§ 26.04.200 Penalty for violations—1939 c 204.
§ 26.04.220 Retention of license by person solemnizing—Auditor's record.
§ 26.04.240 Penalty for unlawful solemnization—Code 1881.
§ 26.04.250 Penalty for unlawful solemnization—1909 c 249.
§ 26.60.015 Intent.
§ 26.60.020 Definitions
§ 26.60.025 Definition—Domestic partnership.
§ 26.60.040 Registration—Records—Fees.
§ 26.60.060 Domestic partnerships created by subdivisions of the state.
§ 26.60.090 Reciprocity.
§ 26.04.007 Definition—Religious organization.
§ 26.04.900 Construction—Religious organization.
§ 26.60.070 Patient visitation.
§ 26.60.901 Severability—2008 c 6.
§ 26.04.190 Refusal of license—Appeal.
§ 26.04.260 Recognition of a legal union.
§ 26.60.010 Finding.
§ 26.60.030 Requirements.
§ 26.60.100 Application for marriage—Dissolution of partnership by marriage—Automatic merger of partnership into marriage—Legal date of marriage.
§ 26.60.900 Part headings not law—2008 c 6.
§ 26.04.010 Marriage contract—Void marriages—Construction of gender-specific terms—Recognition of solemnization of marriage not required.
§ 26.04.130 Voidable marriages.
§ 26.04.210 Affidavits required for issuance of license—Penalties.
§ 26.04.050 Who may solemnize.