1. A county clerk may, in his or her discretion, establish a program to provide for the issuance of a certificate of vow renewal. If a county clerk establishes such a program, upon the request of a couple who desires to renew their marriage vows, the county clerk shall issue a certificate of vow renewal.
2. The request for a certificate of vow renewal must be made on a form prescribed by the county clerk and must include the date of the vow renewal and the county in which the vow renewal occurred.
3. The certificate of vow renewal must contain:
(a) The date of the vow renewal;
(b) The county in which the vow renewal occurred;
(c) The name of the persons to whom the certificate of vow renewal is issued; and
(d) A statement that the certificate of vow renewal is not a record of marriage.
4. This section may not be used to establish a record of marriage.
5. A county clerk may charge and collect a fee in the same amount as the fee collected for the issuance of a marriage license pursuant to NRS 122.060 to cover the cost of preparing the certificate furnished pursuant to this section.
6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a certificate of vow renewal is exempt from any schedule for the retention of records that applies to records in the office of the county clerk.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1024)
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.