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25-121 . Marriage license; application; issuance; loss of license; affidavit; duplicate license
A. No persons shall be joined in marriage within this state until a license has been obtained for that purpose from the clerk of the superior court in any county of this state.
B. Persons who desire to marry may apply to the clerk of the superior court for a license. The clerk shall require them to take and subscribe to an oath that they will truly depose and declare their names and ages, their social security numbers, their places of residence and the relationship between the parties applying for the license. The oath shall be filed by the clerk, and he shall then issue to the applicants a license directed to the persons authorized by law to solemnize marriage. The license is sufficient authority for any such person to solemnize the marriage. The marriage license application shall state that the marriage license expires twelve months from the date of issuance of the license.
C. If a certificate of marriage required to be recorded by the clerk of the superior court is lost, the clerk shall issue and record a duplicate certificate of marriage upon presentation of an affidavit describing the circumstances of the marriage ceremony which is signed by the person who solemnized the marriage, the persons married and the witnesses to the marriage certificate.
