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Form of marriage certificates - 23 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1501

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                                CHAPTER 15
                            MARRIAGE CEREMONY

     Sec.
     1501.  Form of marriage certificates.
     1502.  Forms where parties perform ceremony.
     1503.  Persons qualified to solemnize marriages.
     1504.  Returns of marriages.

        Enactment.  Chapter 15 was added December 19, 1990, P.L.1240,
     No.206, effective in 90 days.
     § 1501.  Form of marriage certificates.
        The marriage license shall have appended to it two
     certificates, numbered to correspond with the license (one
     marked original and one marked duplicate), which shall be in
     substantially the following form:
            I hereby certify that on (date), at (city, borough or
        town), Pennsylvania, (name) and (name) were by me united in
        marriage, in accordance with license issued by the Court of
        Common Pleas of (name) numbered .....
                                    Signed ..........................
                                    (Title of person solemnizing marriage)
                                    Address .........................

        Cross References.  Section 1501 is referred to in section
     1502 of this title.

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