2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 1 - Marriage in General
Section 40-1-18 - Form of application, license and certificate.

APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE
No. _________
STATEMENTS
RECEIVED AND FILED
IN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
at ______ o'clock ______ .M.
________________________________________ 19 _______
DATE OF PREMARITAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
Bride _______________________________________________
Groom ______________________________________________
COUNTY CLERK __________________________ COUNTY
By __________________________________________ Deputy
To the County Clerk: We the undersigned hereby make application to be united in marriage and certify that we are not related within the degree prohibited by the laws of this state; that neither is bound by marriage to another; that there exists no legal impediment to this marriage; and that the information contained herein is correct.
Male Applicant
Female Applicant
Date of
Date of
Birth ________________________________
Birth ________________________________
Place of
Place of
Birth ________________________________
Birth ________________________________
Present
Present
Address _____________________________
Address _____________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Signature
Signature
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______________ day of ___________ A.D. 19 ___
(seal)
_____________________________________
By _____________________________ Deputy
Signature County Clerk
CONSENT OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN
(Where either party is under age)
I, the parent (guardian) of _______________________, hereby consent to the granting of a license to marry, waiving the question of minority.
______________________________________
Signature Parent (Guardian)
I, the parent (guardian) of _______________________, hereby consent to the granting of a license to marry, waiving the question of minority.
______________________________________
Signature Parent (Guardian)
MARRIAGE LICENSE
State of New Mexico,
ss.
County of _____________.
To any Person Authorized by Law to Perform the Marriage Ceremony:
Greeting:
You are hereby authorized to join in marriage _________________ of _________________ and _________________ of _________________ and of this license you will make due return to my office within the time prescribed by law.
Witness my hand and the seal of said court at ________________ this _______________ day of ____________, 19 ____.
______________________________________
County Clerk
Recorded _____________, 19 ____, at ____ .M.
In marriage record book no. ____, page ____.
______________________________________
County Clerk
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
State of New Mexico,
ss.
County of _____________.
I hereby certify that on the _______________ day of ____________, A. D., 19 ____, at ____ in said county and state, I, the undersigned, a _______________, did join in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony in accordance with the laws of the state of New Mexico and the authorization of the foregoing license _________________ of _________________ and _________________ of _________________.
Witness my hand and seal the day and year last above written.
______________________________________
(Official Title)
WITNESSES:
______________________________________
______________________________________
Signed ___________________________ Groom Signed ___________________________ Bride.
Recorded this ____________ day of ____________, A. D., 19 ____, at ____M.
Marriage Record Book No. ____, Page No. ____.
______________________________________
County Clerk
History: 1953 Comp., § 57-1-16, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 99, § 1.
Gender-neutral forms. — To comply with the New Mexico constitution, gender-neutral language must be utilized in identifying the applicants and spouses in the forms required by 40-1-18 NMSA 1978. Griego v. Oliver, 2014-NMSC-003.
Form indicates that only one parent need consent to marriage of underage child. 1964 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 64-135.