California Family Code CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

  • Section 500.
    When two unmarried people, not minors, have been living together as spouses, they may be married pursuant to this chapter by a person authorized to...
  • Section 500.5.
    For purposes of this part, the document issued by the county clerk is a marriage license until it is registered with the county clerk, at...
  • Section 501.
    Except as provided in Section 502, a confidential marriage license shall be issued by the county clerk upon the personal appearance together of the parties...
  • Section 502.
    If for sufficient reason, as described in subdivision (d), either or both of the parties to be married are physically unable to appear in person...
  • Section 503.
    The county clerk shall issue a confidential marriage license upon the request of a notary public approved by the county clerk to issue confidential marriage...
  • Section 504.
    A confidential marriage license is valid only for a period of 90 days after its issuance by the county clerk.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 913,...
  • Section 505.
    (a) The form of the confidential marriage license shall be prescribed by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics.(b) The form shall be designed to require that the...
  • Section 506.
    (a) The confidential marriage license shall be presented to the person solemnizing the marriage.(b) Upon performance of the ceremony, the solemnization section on the confidential marriage license...
  • Section 508.
    Upon issuance of a confidential marriage license, parties shall be provided with an application to obtain a certified copy of the confidential marriage certificate from...
  • Section 509.
    (a) A party to a confidential marriage may obtain a certified copy of the confidential marriage certificate from the county clerk of the county in which...
  • Section 510.
    (a) If a confidential marriage license is lost, damaged, or destroyed after the performance of the marriage, but before it is returned to the county clerk,...
  • Section 511.
    (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the county clerk shall maintain confidential marriage certificates filed pursuant to Section 506 as permanent records which shall not...

Last modified: October 22, 2018