Georgia Code, Title 19, Chapter 3, Article 2 - License and Ceremony

• § 19-3-30 - Issuance, Return, and Recording of License
  (a) Marriage licenses shall be issued only by the judge of the probate court or his clerk at the county courthouse between the hours...
• § 19-3-30.1 - Premarital Education
  (a) In applying for a marriage license, a man and woman who certify on the application for a marriage license that they have successfully...
• § 19-3-31 - Issuance of Licenses At Satellite Courthouses in Certain Counties
  Notwithstanding any other law, in all counties having a population in excess of 400,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or...
• § 19-3-32 - Penalty for Improper Issuance of License
  If any judge of the probate court or clerk issues a marriage license in violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 19-3-30, the judge...
• § 19-3-33 - Application for Marriage License; Contents; Supplement Marriage Report
  (a) A marriage license shall be issued on written application therefor, made by the persons seeking the license, verified by oath of the applicants....
• § 19-3-33.1 - Use of Surname in Application for Marriage License
  (a) The form for application for marriage licenses shall be designed and printed in such a manner that applicants therefor shall designate the surnames...
• § 19-3-34 - Application to Be Filed; Use As Evidence; Transmission to the State Registrar
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the application for a marriage license shall be filed in the office of...
• § 19-3-35 - Issuance of License to Applicants Otherwise Eligible
  When both applicants for a marriage license are eligible to receive that license pursuant to the other provisions of this chapter and that license...
• § 19-3-35.1 - Aids Brochures; Listing of Hiv Test Sites; Acknowledgment of Receipt
  (a) Any term used in this Code section and defined in Code Section 31-22-9.1 shall have the meaning provided for such term in Code...
• § 19-3-36 - Proof of Age of Applicants
  The judge of the probate court to whom the application for a marriage license is made shall satisfy himself or herself that the provisions...
• § 19-3-37 - Parental Consent to Marriage of Underage Applicants; When Necessary; How Obtained
  (a) Definitions. As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Guardian" shall be held to include the same relationships between spouses as the...
• § 19-3-38 - Notification of Parents of Underage Applicants; Additional Fee
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2006, p. 141, § 6D/HB 847, effective July 1, 2006.
• § 19-3-39 - Certification and Recordation of Marriage After Publication of Banns
  If the Governor or any former Governor of this state, any judge, city recorder, magistrate, minister, or other authorized person joins in marriage persons...
• § 19-3-40 - Blood Test for Sickle Cell Disease; Information to Be Provided
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "blood test for sickle cell disease" means a blood test for sickle cell anemia, sickle...
• § 19-3-41 - Marriage Manual; Preparation by Department of Public Health; Distribution At Issuance of License; Rules and Regulations
  (a) The Department of Public Health shall prepare a marriage manual for distribution by the judge of the probate court or his clerk to...
• § 19-3-42 - Effect on Marriage of Want of Authority in Person Officiating
  A marriage which is valid in other respects and supposed by the parties to be valid shall not be affected by want of authority...
• § 19-3-43 - Marriage in Another State; Effect in This State
  All marriages solemnized in another state by parties intending at the time to reside in this state shall have the same legal consequences and...
• § 19-3-44 - Return of License to Parties
  (a) The judge of the probate court of each county shall return to the parties to a marriage the license and the return thereon...
• § 19-3-45 - Forfeiture for Improper Issuance of Marriage License; by Whom and When Action Brought; Attorney's Fee and Court Costs; Disposition of Balance of Recovery
  Any judge of the probate court who by himself or his clerk knowingly grants a license without the required consent or without proper precaution...
• § 19-3-46 - Forfeiture for Officiating At Marriage Without License or Banns
  The Governor or any former Governor of this state, any judge, city recorder, magistrate, minister, or other person authorized to perform the marriage ceremony...
• § 19-3-47 - Penalty for Filing False Information Relative to Application for License
  Any person who willfully furnishes false information in connection with the application and issuance of any marriage license, either in the application for the...
• § 19-3-48 - Penalty for Officiating At Illegal Marriage Ceremony
  If the Governor or any former Governor of this state, any judge, city recorder, magistrate, minister, or other person authorized to perform the marriage...
• § 19-3-49 - Acceptance by Judges of Tips, Consideration, or Gratuities
  In addition to any compensation otherwise provided by law, any judge who performs a marriage ceremony at any time, except normal office hours, may...

Last modified: October 14, 2016