Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 26.04 - Marriage.
26.04.090 - Certificate for files of county auditor and state registrar of vital statistics—Forms.

RCW 26.04.090
Certificate for files of county auditor and state registrar of vital statistics—Forms.

A person solemnizing a marriage shall, within thirty days thereafter, make and deliver to the county auditor of the county wherein the license was issued a certificate for the files of the county auditor, and a certificate for the files of the state registrar of vital statistics. The certificate for the files of the county auditor shall be substantially as follows:

STATE OF WASHINGTON

COUNTY OF . . . .





 
This is to certify that the undersigned, a . . . . . ., by authority of a license bearing date the . . . . day of . . . . . . A.D. (year) . . . ., and issued by the County auditor of the county of . . . . . ., did, on the . . . . day of . . . . . . A.D. (year) . . . ., at . . . . . . in this county and state, join in
lawful wedlock A.B. of the county of . . . . . ., state of . . . . . . and C.D. of the county of . . . . . ., state of . . . . . ., with their mutual assent, in the presence of F H and E G, witnesses.
In Testimony Whereof, witness the signatures of the parties to said ceremony, the witnesses and myself, this . . . . day of . . . . . ., A.D. (year) . . . .

The certificate forms for the files of the county auditor and for the files of the state registrar of vital statistics shall be provided by the state registrar of vital statistics.

[ 2019 c 148 § 31; 2016 c 202 § 23; 1967 c 26 § 4; 1947 c 59 § 1; 1927 c 172 § 1; Code 1881 § 2385; 1866 p 82 § 7; 1854 p 405 § 7; RRS § 8445.]
NOTES:

Effective date—Rule-making authority—2019 c 148: See RCW 70.58A.901 and 70.58A.902.


Effective date—1967 c 26: See note following RCW 43.70.150.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 26 - Domestic Relations

Chapter 26.04 - Marriage.

26.04.007 - Definition—Religious organization.

26.04.010 - Marriage contract—Void marriages—Construction of gender-specific terms—Recognition of solemnization of marriage not required.

26.04.020 - Prohibited marriages.

26.04.050 - Who may solemnize.

26.04.060 - Marriage before unauthorized cleric—Effect.

26.04.070 - Form of solemnization.

26.04.080 - Marriage certificate—Contents.

26.04.090 - Certificate for files of county auditor and state registrar of vital statistics—Forms.

26.04.100 - Filing and recording—County auditor.

26.04.105 - Preservation of copies of applications and licenses—County auditor.

26.04.110 - Penalty for failure to deliver certificates.

26.04.120 - Marriage according to religious ritual.

26.04.130 - Voidable marriages.

26.04.140 - Marriage license.

26.04.150 - Application for license—May be secured by mail—Execution and acknowledgment.

26.04.160 - Application for license—Contents—Oath.

26.04.165 - Additional marriage certificate form.

26.04.170 - Inspection of applications.

26.04.175 - When disclosure of marriage applications and records prohibited.

26.04.180 - License—Time limitations as to issuance and use—Notification.

26.04.190 - Refusal of license—Appeal.

26.04.200 - Penalty for violations—1939 c 204.

26.04.210 - Affidavits required for issuance of license—Penalties.

26.04.220 - Retention of license by person solemnizing—Auditor's record.

26.04.240 - Penalty for unlawful solemnization—Code 1881.

26.04.250 - Penalty for unlawful solemnization—1909 c 249.

26.04.260 - Recognition of a legal union.

26.04.900 - Construction—Religious organization.