California Family Code CHAPTER 1 - Persons Authorized to Solemnize Marriage

• Section 400.
  (a) Although marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil, and not a religious, contract, a marriage may be solemnized by a priest, minister,...
• Section 401.
  (a) For each county, the county clerk is designated as a commissioner of civil marriages.(b) The commissioner of civil marriages may appoint deputy commissioners of civil marriages...
• Section 402.
  In addition to the persons permitted to solemnize marriages under Section 400, a county may license officials of a nonprofit religious institution, whose articles of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018