2020 Revised Code of Washington
Title 26 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 26.04 - Marriage.
26.04.090 Certificate for files of county auditor and state registrar of vital statistics—Forms.

RCW 26.04.090 Certificate for files of county auditor and state registrar of vital statistics—Forms. (Effective until January 1, 2021.)

A person solemnizing a marriage shall, within thirty days thereafter, make and deliver to the county auditor of the county wherein the license was issued a certificate for the files of the county auditor, and a certificate for the files of the state registrar of vital statistics. The certificate for the files of the county auditor shall be substantially as follows:

STATE OF WASHINGTON

COUNTY OF . . . .

 

This is to certify that the undersigned, a . . . . . ., by authority of a license bearing date the . . . . day of . . . . . . A.D. (year) . . . ., and issued by the County auditor of the county of . . . . . ., did, on the . . . . day of . . . . . . A.D. (year) . . . ., at . . . . . . in this

county and state, join in lawful wedlock A.B. of the county of . . . . . ., state of . . . . . . and C.D. of the county of . . . . . ., state of . . . . . ., with their mutual assent, in the presence of F H and E G, witnesses.

In Testimony Whereof, witness the signatures of the parties to said ceremony, the witnesses and myself, this . . . . day of . . . . . ., A.D. (year) . . . .

The certificate for the files of the state registrar of vital statistics shall be in accordance with *RCW 70.58.200. The certificate forms for the files of the county auditor and for the files of the state registrar of vital statistics shall be provided by the state registrar of vital statistics.

[ 2016 c 202 § 23; 1967 c 26 § 4; 1947 c 59 § 1; 1927 c 172 § 1; Code 1881 § 2385; 1866 p 82 § 7; 1854 p 405 § 7; RRS § 8445.]

NOTES:

*Reviser's note: RCW 70.58.200 was repealed by 1991 c 96 § 6.

Effective date—1967 c 26: See note following RCW 43.70.150.

RCW 26.04.090

Certificate for files of county auditor and state registrar of vital statistics—Forms. (Effective January 1, 2021.)

A person solemnizing a marriage shall, within thirty days thereafter, make and deliver to the county auditor of the county wherein the license was issued a certificate for the files of the county auditor, and a certificate for the files of the state registrar of vital statistics. The certificate for the files of the county auditor shall be substantially as follows:

STATE OF WASHINGTON

COUNTY OF . . . .

 

This is to certify that the undersigned, a . . . . . ., by authority of a license bearing date the . . . . day of . . . . . . A.D. (year) . . . ., and issued by the County auditor of the county of . . . . . ., did, on the . . . . day of . . . . . . A.D. (year) . . . ., at . . . . . . in this county and state, join in

lawful wedlock A.B. of the county of . . . . . ., state of . . . . . . and C.D. of the county of . . . . . ., state of . . . . . ., with their mutual assent, in the presence of F H and E G, witnesses.

In Testimony Whereof, witness the signatures of the parties to said ceremony, the witnesses and myself, this . . . . day of . . . . . ., A.D. (year) . . . .

The certificate forms for the files of the county auditor and for the files of the state registrar of vital statistics shall be provided by the state registrar of vital statistics.

[ 2019 c 148 § 31; 2016 c 202 § 23; 1967 c 26 § 4; 1947 c 59 § 1; 1927 c 172 § 1; Code 1881 § 2385; 1866 p 82 § 7; 1854 p 405 § 7; RRS § 8445.]

NOTES:

Effective date—Rule-making authority—2019 c 148: See RCW 70.58A.901 and 70.58A.902.

Effective date—1967 c 26: See note following RCW 43.70.150.

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