2023 Utah Code
Title 30 - Husband and Wife
Chapter 1 - Marriage
Section 12 - Clerk to file license and certificate -- Designation as vital record.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 30-1-12 (2023)
Effective 5/3/2023
30-1-12. Clerk to file license and certificate -- Designation as vital record.
  • (1)
    • (a) The license, together with the certificate of the individual officiating at the marriage, shall be filed and preserved by the clerk, and shall be recorded by the clerk in a book kept for that purpose, or by electronic means.
    • (b) The record shall be properly indexed in the names of the parties so married.
  • (2) An individual may use a diacritical mark, as defined in Section 26B-8-103, on a marriage license.
  • (3) A transcript shall be promptly certified and transmitted by the clerk to the state registrar of vital statistics.
  • (4) The license and the certificate of the individual officiating at the marriage are vital records as defined in Section 26B-8-101 and are subject to the inspection requirements described in Section 26B-8-125.


Amended by Chapter 327, 2023 General Session
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