2011 SIB 0549 Marriage Certification
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Catherine Snow2011 SIB 0549 Marriage Certification
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Catherine SnowSENATE BILL No.
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SENATE BILL No. 549
June 30, 2011, Introduced by Senators HUNTER, MOOLENAAR, GLEASON, GREEN, EMMONS, HILDENBRAND, CASWELL, MEEKHOF, JANSEN, JONES and KOWALL and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1887 PA 128, entitled "An act require provide penalty establishing the minimum ages for contracting marriages; to a civil license in order to marry and its registration; to for the implementation of federal law; and to provide a for the violation of this act,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 551.104). THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 Sec. 4. (1) It shall be the duty of the clergyman or magistrate, THE INDIVIDUAL officiating at a marriage , to SHALL fill in the spaces of the certificate left blank for the entry of GIVEN BY THE COUNTY CLERK UNDER SECTION 3, ENTERING the time and place of the marriage, the names and residences of 2 witnesses, and his OR HER own signature in certification that the marriage has been performed by him and any and all information OR HER.
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2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 (2) BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES BEING MARRIED, THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICIATING AT THE MARRIAGE SHALL FILL IN THE APPROPRIATE SPACE OF THE CERTIFICATE GIVEN BY THE COUNTY CLERK UNDER SECTION 3, INDICATING WHETHER THE PARTIES HAVE OR HAVE NOT RECEIVED PREMARITAL EDUCATION. IF THE PARTIES HAVE RECEIVED PREMARITAL EDUCATION, THE PARTIES SHALL VERIFY COMPLETION OF THE PREMARITAL EDUCATION BY A SWORN STATEMENT IN THE LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE. (3) INFORMATION required to be filled in in the spaces left blank in the A certificate GIVEN BY A COUNTY CLERK UNDER SECTION 3 shall be typewritten or legibly printed. He THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICIATING OF THE MARRIAGE shall separate the duplicate license and certificate, and deliver the half part designated duplicate to 1 of the parties , so joined in marriage BEING MARRIED, and within 10 days return the original to the county clerk issuing the same WHO ISSUED THE LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE. It shall be the duty of such clergyman or magistrate to (4) THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICIATING AT A MARRIAGE SHALL keep an accurate record of all marriages solemnized in a book used expressly for that purpose. Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October 1, 2011.
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