CHAPTER 336
(Senate Bill 282)

AN ACT concerning

Family Law - Marriage Licenses

FOR the purpose of altering the period of time during which disclosure of an
application for a marriage license is prohibited; altering the contents of a
marriage license and certificate; establishing that a license is valid for six
months from the effective date and time stated on the license; expanding a
provision of law that authorizes the issuance of replacement licenses only in
Anne Arundel County to include the other counties in the State; establishing a
fee for a replacement license in the State; requiring that the fee for a
replacement license be paid into the general fund of the State; altering the time
period for obtaining a replacement license; authorizing a clerk to issue and
deliver a marriage license at the time an application for a license is made or to
issue and mail a license to certain persons; authorizing a clerk to deliver a
license in a certain manner; establishing that, except under certain
circumstances, a marriage license is not effective until a certain time after the
license is issued; repealing a provision of law that prohibited a clerk from
delivering a license until a certain time after an application is made or a
notarized application is received; authorizing a judge of the circuit court for the
county in which the application for a license is made to sign a certain
authorization under certain circumstances; repealing a provision of law
concerning the destruction of marriage license applications under certain
circumstances; altering the time period within which a marriage ceremony may
be performed; prohibiting an individual from performing a marriage ceremony
without a license that is effective; altering a certain period of time after which a
clerk is required to attempt to make certain determinations; providing for the
validity of marriage licenses issued before the effective date of this Act; making
clarifying and stylistic changes; and generally relating to marriage licenses.

BY renumbering

Article - Family Law

Section 2-404(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (1), (m), and (o), respectively
to be Section 2-404(e), (j), (1), (m), (d), (g), (i), (h), and (f), respectively
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law

Section 2-402(f), 2-403, 2-404(b), 2-405(a), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), 2-406(b)

and (e), and 2-409(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume)