ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 120

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 10-617(a) and 10-627
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - State Government

Section 10-617(k)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1999 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Family Law

2-402.

(a)     An applicant for a license may apply to the clerk only at the office of the
clerk during regular office hours.

(b)     Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this section, to apply for a
license, 1 of the parties to be married shall:

(1)     appear before the clerk and give, under oath, the following
information, which shall be placed on an application form by the clerk:

(i) the full name of each party;

(ii) the place of residence of each party;

(iii) the age of each party;

(iv) whether the parties are related by blood or marriage and, if so,
in which degree of relationship;

(v) the marital status of each party; and

(vi) whether either party was married previously, and the date and
place of each death or judicial determination that ended any former marriage; [and]

(2)     sign the application form; AND

(3)      PROVIDE THE CLERK WITH THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OF EACH
PARTY WHO HAS A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

(c)      [(1) The license application shall provide spaces for the voluntary
disclosure of the Social Security numbers of the parties.

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