1. The county clerk is entitled to receive as his or her fee for issuing a marriage license the sum of $21.
2. The county clerk shall also at the time of issuing the marriage license:
(a) Collect the sum of $10 and:
(1) If the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, deposit the sum into the county general fund pursuant to NRS 246.180 for filing the originally signed certificate of marriage described in NRS 122.120.
(2) If the board of county commissioners has not adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, pay it over to the county recorder as his or her fee for recording the originally signed certificate of marriage described in NRS 122.120.
(b) Collect the additional fee described in subsection 2 of NRS 246.180, if the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance authorizing the collection of such fee, and deposit the fee pursuant to NRS 246.190.
(c) Collect the additional fee imposed pursuant to NRS 246.075, if the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance imposing the fee.
3. The county clerk shall also at the time of issuing the marriage license collect the additional sum of $4 for the State of Nevada. The fees collected for the State must be paid over to the county treasurer by the county clerk on or before the fifth day of each month for the preceding calendar month, and must be placed to the credit of the State General Fund. The county treasurer shall remit quarterly all such fees deposited by the county clerk to the State Controller for credit to the State General Fund.
4. The county clerk shall also at the time of issuing the marriage license collect the additional sum of $50 for the Account for Aid for Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence in the State General Fund. The fees collected for this purpose must be paid over to the county treasurer by the county clerk on or before the fifth day of each month for the preceding calendar month, and must be placed to the credit of that Account. The county treasurer shall, on or before the 15th day of each month, remit those fees deposited by the county clerk to the State Controller for credit to that Account.
5. Any fee charged and collected pursuant to this section is separate and distinct from any administrative fee charged and collected by a county clerk’s office, including, without limitation, a fee for certifying a copy of a marriage license.
[Part 5:33:1861; A 1867, 88; 1899, 47; 1919, 382; 1927, 49; 1947, 41; 1949, 91; 1943 NCL § 4053]—(NRS A 1957, 347; 1959, 740; 1960, 72; 1967, 1110; 1975, 437; 1979, 636; 1981, 382; 1983, 912; 1987, 26, 1421; 1991, 1678, 1679; 2001, 2918, 3216; 2003, 227; 2007, 887; 2009, 263; 2013, 3667; 2015, 2629; 2021, 3257)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 122.0015 - "Commercial wedding chapel" defined.
NRS 122.002 - "Commissioner township" defined.
NRS 122.004 - "Marriage officiant" defined.
NRS 122.006 - "Other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage" defined.
NRS 122.010 - What constitutes marriage; no common-law marriages after March 29, 1943.
NRS 122.020 - Persons capable of marriage.
NRS 122.030 - Documents constituting presumptive evidence of marriage.
NRS 122.050 - Form of marriage license.
NRS 122.061 - Office hours for issuance of marriage licenses.
NRS 122.071 - Judicial review.
NRS 122.073 - Additional regulations by county clerk.
NRS 122.090 - Marriage solemnized by unauthorized person: When valid.
NRS 122.100 - Marriages solemnized between March 3, 1937, and March 24, 1943, validated.
NRS 122.103 - Marriages solemnized by certain ministers before May 20, 1967, validated.
NRS 122.110 - No particular form of solemnization required; witness.
NRS 122.120 - Certificate of marriage: Form.
NRS 122.140 - Illegitimate children legitimatized.
NRS 122.150 - Forms used by Friends or Quakers valid.
NRS 122.177 - Area for solemnizing marriages.
NRS 122.179 - Clerical personnel, supplies and equipment to be provided by county.
NRS 122.181 - Fees for solemnizing marriages: Amounts; disposition.
NRS 122.183 - Hours of operation for office.
NRS 122.185 - Signs required in office and rooms; contents.
NRS 122.187 - Receipt of additional fees prohibited.
NRS 122.189 - Prohibited acts.
NRS 122.191 - Display and contents of signs indicating location of office.
NRS 122.200 - False statement to procure marriage license.
NRS 122.210 - Unauthorized issuance of marriage license by county clerk.
NRS 122.220 - Solemnizing marriage without exhibition of marriage license.
NRS 122.240 - Failure of county recorder or county clerk to record certificate of marriage.
NRS 122.250 - Willful making of false certificate of marriage.
NRS 122.270 - Recovery of forfeitures by civil actions.
NRS 122.280 - Display of information.
NRS 122.290 - Certificate of vow renewal: Establishment of program; form; fee.