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Texas Family Code - Section 2.209. Duplicate License

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§ 2.209. DUPLICATE LICENSE.  (a) On the application and 
proof of identity of a person whose marriage is recorded in the 
records of the county clerk, the county clerk shall issue a 
duplicate marriage license completed with information as contained 
in the records.
	(b)  On the application and proof of identity of both persons 
to whom a marriage license was issued but not recorded as required 
by Section 2.208, the county clerk shall issue a duplicate license 
if each person applying submits to the clerk an affidavit stating:
		(1)  that the persons to whom the original license was 
issued were married to each other before the expiration date of the 
original license by a person authorized to conduct a marriage 
ceremony;
		(2)  the name of the person who conducted the ceremony;  
and                
		(3)  the date of the ceremony.                                                

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997.            

Last modified: August 11, 2007