1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if any information in a certificate of marriage is incorrect, the county clerk or the county recorder may charge and collect from a person a fee of not more than $25 for the preparation of an affidavit of correction.
2. Neither the county clerk nor the county recorder may charge and collect from a person any fee for the preparation of an affidavit of correction pursuant to subsection 1 if the only errors to be corrected in the certificate of marriage are clerical errors that were made by the county clerk.
3. Whether or not a person is required to pay any fee for the preparation of an affidavit of correction pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) The county clerk shall charge and collect from the person a fee in an amount equal to:
(1) If the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the amount that the county clerk is required to charge and collect pursuant to NRS 246.180 for filing the corrected certificate of marriage; or
(2) If the board of county commissioners has not adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the amount that the county recorder is required to charge and collect pursuant to NRS 247.305, and the county clerk shall pay the fee over to the county recorder as his or her fee for recording the corrected certificate of marriage; or
(b) The county recorder shall charge and collect from the person a fee in an amount equal to:
(1) If the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the amount that the county clerk is required to charge and collect pursuant to NRS 246.180, and the county recorder shall pay the fee over to the county clerk as his or her fee for recording the corrected certificate of marriage; or
(2) If the board of county commissioners has not adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the amount that the county recorder is required to charge and collect pursuant to NRS 247.305 for recording the corrected certificate of marriage.
4. All fees collected pursuant to this section must be deposited in the county general fund.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1322; A 2007, 889)
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.