Nevada Revised Statutes Section 122.170 - Domestic Relations

Marriages between Indians consummated in accordance with tribal customs valid: Certificate of marriage; contents; recording.

1. Marriages between Indians heretofore or hereafter consummated in accordance with tribal custom shall be of the same validity as marriages performed in any other manner provided for by the laws of the State of Nevada.

2. A certificate of any such marriage may be signed by:

(a) An official of the tribe of which at least one of the parties is a member; or

(b) An official of the reservation or colony in or upon which at least one of the parties shall at the time reside; or

(c) The superintendent of an Indian agency legally established in this state by the United States.

3. The certificate may be filed in the office of the recorder of the county where such marriage shall have taken place, and within 30 days thereafter, and such certificate or a certified copy thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited.

4. The certificate shall give the names of the parties married, their ages, tribe, and the place and date of the marriage, and shall show the official status of the person signing the same.

5. Any certificate, affidavit or other type of proof recognized by the United States, or any department thereof, as proof of a valid tribal marriage, regardless of when or where the tribal marriage shall have been entered into shall be proof of the validity of such tribal marriage in the State of Nevada.

Last modified: February 25, 2006