25-1-10. License required for marriage--Fee--Disposition of fees--Form--Certified copies--Fee.
Previous to any marriage within this state, a license shall be obtained from the county register of deeds of any county, the fee for which is forty dollars. Ten dollars of the marriage license fee shall be retained by the county in which the fee is collected and placed in the county general fund. Thirty dollars of the marriage license fee shall be deposited in the county domestic abuse program fund. The license and record of marriage form shall be prescribed and furnished by the Department of Health. Certified copies of the marriage record shall be furnished by the county register of deeds for a fee established pursuant to §34-25-52 and such fee shall be retained by the county in which the fee is collected and placed in the county general fund.
Source: SDC 1939, §§12.1406, 14.0111; SL 1957, ch 39; SDCL, §16-10-8 (37), (38); SL 1968, ch 15; SL 1974, ch 55, §25; SL 1978, ch 187, §1; SL 1983, ch 202; SL 1983, ch 204, §4; SL 1988, ch 202, §1; SL 1993, ch 192, §1; SL 1996, ch 162; SL 2003, ch 142, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 01 - Validity And Performance Of Marriages
Section 25-1-1 - Marriage defined--Consent and solemnization required.
Section 25-1-2 - Present consent to marriage required.
Section 25-1-5 - Manifestation and proof of consent and consummation of marriage.
Section 25-1-6 - Incestuous marriages void.
Section 25-1-7 - Marriage with stepchild void.
Section 25-1-8 - Bigamous marriage void--Former spouse absent or believed dead.
Section 25-1-9 - Age of consent to marriage with and without parental consent.
Section 25-1-10.2 - Application for marriage license--Required statement.
Section 25-1-11 - Issuance of license to unqualified persons prohibited.
Section 25-1-15 - Unlawful issuance of license as misdemeanor.
Section 25-1-24 - Time allowed after license for solemnization of marriage.
Section 25-1-28.1 - Distribution of HIV educational material before license issued.
Section 25-1-30 - Persons authorized to solemnize marriages.
Section 25-1-31 - Solemnization of marriage without license as misdemeanor.
Section 25-1-32 - Identity and ages of parties to be established before solemnization of marriage.
Section 25-1-33 - Solemnization of marriage between unauthorized persons as misdemeanor.
Section 25-1-35 - Certificate delivered to parties--Return to register of deeds.
Section 25-1-38 - Validity of marriages contracted outside state--Same-sex marriages excluded.
Section 25-1-40 - Marital rights not restored by pardon from life sentence.