Washington Marriage Laws | § 26.04.140

Revised Code of Washington 26.04.140

Marriage license.

Before any persons can be joined in marriage, they shall procure a license from a county auditor, as provided in RCW 26.04.150 through 26.04.190.

[ 1985 c 82 § 1; 1939 c 204 § 2; RRS § 8450-1. Prior: Code 1881 § 2390; 1866 p 83 § 12.]

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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.