69.16 Marriage documents.
(1) The form, content, application for and registration of marriage documents shall be under ch. 765.
(2) If a person has married in this state, at least 365 days have elapsed since the marriage and no marriage document is on file, a person with a direct and tangible interest in having a marriage document registered may petition the circuit court of the county in which the marriage is alleged to have occurred. If the court finds that the petitioner has established the fact of the marriage required on the marriage document, except for the information under s. 69.20 (2), the clerk of the court shall report the court's determination to the state registrar in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, along with the fee required under s. 69.22. Upon receipt of the report, the state registrar shall register the marriage document and make the record available to the local registrar under s. 69.03 (11).
History: 1985 a. 315; 2017 a. 334.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 69 - Collection of statistics.
69.02 - Department powers and duties.
69.03 - Powers and duties of state registrar.
69.035 - Treatment by state registrar of tribal vital records and tribal court orders.
69.04 - Local registration district.
69.05 - Duties of local registrar.
69.06 - Duties of city registrars.
69.07 - Duties of register of deeds.
69.08 - Requirements for registration.
69.09 - Corrections prior to filing.
69.10 - Correction of obvious errors.
69.11 - Amendments without court order.
69.12 - Entry of true facts by court order.
69.13 - Correction of facts misrepresented by informant for record of birth.
69.14 - Registration of births.
69.145 - Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
69.15 - Changes of fact on birth records.
69.186 - Induced abortion reporting.
69.19 - Court-ordered death records.
69.20 - Disclosure of information from vital records.
69.21 - Copies of vital records.
69.30 - Authorized copying of vital records.
69.61 - Annual statement of taxes.
69.62 - Returns to department of revenue.
69.63 - Department of revenue, duties.
69.64 - Realty statistics; items.
69.65 - Statistics compiled, use of; county clerk's duties.
69.66 - Agricultural statistics.
69.67 - Returns may be sent for; expense.