HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1885

this section requires the inclusion of the name of the
authorized official who performed the ceremony, there
is no requirement that the names of the witnesses at a
Society of Friends ceremony be included.

Defined terms: "Authorized official" § 2-101
"Clerk" § 2-101 "License" § 2-101

2-502. FOREIGN MARRIAGE RECORD BOOK; CERTIFICATE OF RECORDS.

(A)  "FOREIGN MARRIAGE" DEFINED.

IN THIS SECTION, "FOREIGN MARRIAGE" MEANS A MARRIAGE
CEREMONY:

(1)  PERFORMED OUTSIDE THIS STATE; AND

(2)  IN WHICH 1 OR BOTH OF THE PARTIES WERE OR ARE
CITIZENS OF THIS STATE.

(B)  FOREIGN MARRIAGE RECORD BOOK.

EACH CLERK SHALL KEEP A FOREIGN MARRIAGE RECORD BOOK IN THE
CLERK'S OFFICE. THE CLERK SHALL RECORD A FOREIGN MARRIAGE WHEN
PRESENTED WITH EITHER:

(1)  A CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE SIGNED BY THE
INDIVIDUAL WHO PERFORMED THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY; OR

(2)  AN OFFICIAL CERTIFIED COPY OF A MARRIAGE RECORD.

(C)  CERTIFICATE OF FOREIGN MARRIAGE.

ON REQUEST, THE CLERK SHALL PROVIDE, UNDER THE SEAL OF THE
COURT, CERTIFICATION OF A FOREIGN MARRIAGE IN THE SAME MANNER AS
THE CLERK ISSUES CERTIFICATION OF A MARRIAGE CEREMONY PERFORMED
IN THIS STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article 62, §
19.

In subsection (b) of this section, the former phrase
"having charge of the issuing of marriage licenses and
the recording of marriages in this State, as
prescribed by existing law" is deleted as unnecessary.

In subsection (b)(1) of this section, the term
"signed" is substituted for the former term "issued"
to conform to § 2-409 of this title.

Also in subsection (b)(1) of this section, the former
phrase "clergymen or ... officials" is deleted as
included in "the individual".