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2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 15 - Marriage Ceremony
Section 1501 - Form of marriage certificates

 

 

CHAPTER 15

MARRIAGE CEREMONY

 

Sec.

1501.  Form of marriage certificates.

1502.  Forms where parties perform ceremony.

1503.  Persons qualified to solemnize marriages.

1504.  Returns of marriages.

 

Enactment.  Chapter 15 was added December 19, 1990, P.L.1240, No.206, effective in 90 days.

§ 1501.  Form of marriage certificates.

The marriage license shall have appended to it two certificates, numbered to correspond with the license (one marked original and one marked duplicate), which shall be in substantially the following form:

I hereby certify that on (date), at (city, borough or town), Pennsylvania, (name) and (name) were by me united in marriage, in accordance with license issued by the Court of Common Pleas of (name) numbered

Signed

(Title of person solemnizing marriage)

Address

 

Cross References.  Section 1501 is referred to in section 1502 of this title.

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