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2005 California Health and Safety Code Sections 103175-103180 Article 3. Content of Certificate of Registry of Marriage
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODESECTION 103175-103180
103175. The certificate of registry of marriage shall contain as nearly as can be ascertained all of the following and other items as the State Registrar may designate: The first section shall include the personal data of parties married, including the date of birth, full name, birthplace, residence, names and birthplaces of the parents, maiden name of the mothers, the number of previous marriages, marital status, and the maiden name of the female if previously married; the second section shall include the signatures of parties married, license to marry, county and date of issue of license, and the marriage license number; and the third section shall include the certification of the person performing the ceremony, that shall show his or her official position including the denomination if he or she is a priest, minister or clergyperson, and the signature and address of one or more witnesses to the marriage ceremony. The person performing the marriage ceremony shall also type or print his or her name and address on the certificate. The certificate shall not contain any reference to the race or color of parties married. 103180. (a) Sections 103150 and 103175 do not apply to marriages entered into pursuant to Section 307 of the Family Code. Subdivisions (b) and (c) govern the registration and the content of the License and Certificate of Declaration of Marriage of those marriages. (b) Each marriage entered into pursuant to Section 307 of the Family Code shall be registered by the parties entering into the marriage or by a witness who signed under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 307 within four days after the ceremony with the local registrar of marriages for the county in which the License and Certificate of Declaration of Marriage was issued. (c) The License and Certificate of Declaration of Marriage entered into pursuant to Section 307 of the Family Code shall contain as nearly as can be ascertained the following: (1) The personal data of parties married, including the date of birth, full name, birthplace, residence, names and birthplaces of their parents, maiden name of their mothers, the number of previous marriages, marital status, and the maiden name of the female, if previously married and if her name has been changed. (2) The license to marry. (3) The county and date of issuance of the license. (4) The marriage license number. (5) The certification of the parties entering into the marriage, that shall show the following: (A) The fact, time, and place of entering into the marriage. (B) The signature and address of two witnesses to the marriage ceremony. (C) The religious society or denomination of the parties married, and that the marriage was entered into in accordance with the rules and customs of that religious society or denomination. (6) The signatures of the parties married. (7) Any other items that the State Registrar shall designate. The License and Certificate of Declaration of Marriage shall not contain any reference to the race or color of parties married or to a person performing or solemnizing the marriage.
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