2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 402 - MARRIAGE .100 Marriage license -- Marriage certificate -- Confidentiality of Social Security or other government-issued identification card numbers.
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402.100
Marriage license -- Marriage certificate -- Confidentiality of Social
Security or other government-issued identification card numbers.
Each county clerk shall make available to the public the form prescribed by the
Department for Libraries and Archives for the issuance of a marriage license. The
department shall issue a marriage license form which provides for the entering of
information identifying each party as a "bride," "groom," or "spouse." This form shall
provide for the entering of all of the information required in this section, and may also
provide for the entering of additional information prescribed by the Department for
Libraries and Archives. The form shall consist of:
(1) A marriage license which provides for the entering of:
(a) An authorization statement for any person or religious society authorized to
perform marriage ceremonies to unite in marriage the parties named;
(b) Vital information for each party, including the full name, date of birth, place
of birth, race, gender, condition (single, widowed, or divorced), number of
previous marriages, occupation, current residence, relationship to the other
party, and full names of parents;
(c) A statement signed by both parties swearing that, to the best of their
knowledge, the information provided on the form is correct; and
(d) The date and place the application was made.
(2) A marriage certificate which provides for the entering of:
(a) A statement by the person performing the marriage ceremony or the clerk of
the religious society authorized to solemnize the marriage ceremony that the
ceremony was performed. The statement shall include the name and title of
the person performing the ceremony or the name of the religious society
solemnizing the marriage, the names of persons married, the date and place of
the marriage, and the names of two (2) witnesses;
(b) A statement by the person performing the marriage ceremony of his legal
qualification under this chapter to perform the ceremony, such statement to
include the name of the county or city where his license to perform marriage
ceremonies was issued or, in the case of religious societies authorized by KRS
402.050(c) to solemnize marriages, the name of the city or county where the
religious society is incorporated. The provisions of this paragraph shall not be
construed to require the clerk of a religious society to be present at the
marriage so long as the witnesses of the society are present;
(c) The printed name and dated signature of the person performing the ceremony;
and
(d) A signed statement indicating that the marriage certificate was recorded in the
county in which it was filed. The statement shall also include the title of the
county clerk or deputy clerk of the county in which the certificate was filed
and indicate the date the marriage certificate was recorded.
(3) A certificate to be delivered by the person performing the marriage ceremony or the
clerk of the religious society performing the marriage ceremony to the parties
married. This certificate shall provide for the entering of:
(a)
(4)
A statement by the person performing the marriage ceremony or the clerk of
the religious society performing the marriage ceremony that the ceremony was
performed. The statement shall include the name and title of the person
performing the ceremony, or the name of the religious society performing the
ceremony, the names of persons married, the date and place of the marriage,
and the names of two (2) witnesses; and
(b) A dated signature of the person performing the ceremony or the clerk of the
religious society performing the ceremony.
A Social Security card or other government-issued identification card shall be
requested as a means of identification of each party but the number shall not be
recorded or retained.
Effective: July 15, 2016
History: Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2016. -- Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch.
99, sec. 621, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 428, sec. 1,
effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 220, sec. 2, effective July 15,
1994. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 279, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 15, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2103.
Legislative Research Commission Note. This section was amended by 1984 Ky. Acts
ch. 111, sec. 158, and 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 279, sec. 2, which are in conflict and cannot
be compiled together. Pursuant to KRS 7.123, the amendment in ch. 279, sec. 2, the
nonrevisory Act, prevails.
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