2005 California Health and Safety Code Sections 103175-103180 Article 3. Content of Certificate of Registry of Marriage

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 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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