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2017 Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 517 - 519A — DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 517 — CIVIL MARRIAGE
Section 517.05 — CREDENTIALS OF MINISTER.
Universal Citation: MN Stat § 517.05 (2017)
517.05 CREDENTIALS OF MINISTER.
Ministers of any religious denomination, before they are authorized to solemnize a civil marriage, shall file a copy of their credentials of license or ordination or, if their religious denomination does not issue credentials, authority from the minister's spiritual assembly, with the local registrar of a county in this state, who shall record the same and give a certificate of filing thereof. The place where the credentials are recorded shall be endorsed upon and recorded with each certificate of civil marriage granted by a minister.
History: (8566) RL s 3556; 1978 c 772 s 4; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 2009 c 129 s 4; 2013 c 74 s 9
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