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2009 Connecticut Code
Title 46b Family Law
Chapter 815e Marriage
Sec. 46b-25. (Formerly Sec. 46-5b). Application for license.
Sec. 46b-25. (Formerly Sec. 46-5b). Application for license. No license may be
issued by the registrar until both persons have appeared before the registrar and made
application for a license. The license shall be completed in its entirety, dated, signed and
sworn to by each applicant and shall state each applicant's name, age, race, birthplace,
residence, whether single, widowed or divorced and whether under the supervision or
control of a conservator or guardian. The Social Security numbers of the bride and the
groom shall be recorded in the "administrative purposes" section of the license. If the
license is signed and sworn to by the applicants on different dates, the earlier date shall
be deemed the date of application.(1967, P.A. 313, S. 2; P.A. 78-230, S. 6, 54; P.A. 96-3; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7, S. 16, 38; P.A. 01-163, S. 34; P.A. 04-255, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 78-230 restated provisions; Sec. 46b-5b transferred to Sec. 46b-25 in 1979 and internal section reference revised to reflect its transfer; P.A. 96-3 substituted "race" for "color"; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7 required that Social Security numbers be stated on application for marriage license, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 01-163 revised requirements re Social Security numbers, deleted requirement for applicant's occupation, deleted provisions re public examination and filing of applications and made technical changes; P.A. 04-255 added requirement that license be completed in its entirety.
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