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Title 30 - Husband and Wife
Chapter 1 - Marriage
Section 6 - Who may solemnize marriages -- Certificate.
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UT Code § 30-1-6 (2020)
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Effective 5/14/2019
30-1-6. Who may solemnize marriages -- Certificate.
Amended by Chapter 317, 2019 General Session
30-1-6. Who may solemnize marriages -- Certificate.
- (1) Except for a county clerk, or a county clerk's designee, as provided below, the following individuals may solemnize a marriage at that individual's discretion:
- (a) an individual 18 years old or older who is authorized by a religious denomination to solemnize a marriage;
- (b) Native American spiritual advisors;
- (c) the governor;
- (d) the lieutenant governor;
- (e) mayors of municipalities or county executives;
- (f) a justice, judge, or commissioner of a court of record;
- (g) a judge of a court not of record of the state;
- (h) judges or magistrates of the United States;
- (i) the county clerk of any county in the state or the county clerk's designee as authorized by Section 17-20-4;
- (j) the president of the Senate;
- (k) the speaker of the House of Representatives; or
- (l) a judge or magistrate who holds office in Utah when retired, under rules set by the Supreme Court.
- (2) An individual authorized under Subsection (1) who solemnizes a marriage shall give to the couple married a certificate of marriage that shows the:
- (a) name of the county from which the license is issued; and
- (b) date of the license's issuance.
- (3) As used in this section:
- (a) "Judge or magistrate of the United States" means:
- (i) a justice of the United States Supreme Court;
- (ii) a judge of a court of appeals;
- (iii) a judge of a district court;
- (iv) a judge of any court created by an act of Congress the judges of which are entitled to hold office during good behavior;
- (v) a judge of a bankruptcy court;
- (vi) a judge of a tax court; or
- (vii) a United States magistrate.
- (b)
- (i) "Native American spiritual advisor" means a person who:
- (A) leads, instructs, or facilitates a Native American religious ceremony or service or provides religious counseling; and
- (B) is recognized as a spiritual advisor by a federally recognized Native American tribe.
- (ii) "Native American spiritual advisor" includes a sweat lodge leader, medicine person, traditional religious practitioner, or holy man or woman.
- (i) "Native American spiritual advisor" means a person who:
- (a) "Judge or magistrate of the United States" means:
- (4) Except as provided in Section 17-20-4, and notwithstanding any other provision in law, no individual authorized under Subsection (1) to solemnize a marriage may delegate or deputize another individual to perform the function of solemnizing a marriage.
Amended by Chapter 317, 2019 General Session
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