§ 14-15-112 — Persons authorized to certify civil unions - registration - fee

(1)
A civil union may be certified by a judge of a court, by a district court magistrate, by
a county court magistrate, by a retired judge of a court, by the parties to the civil
union, or in accordance with any mode of recognition of a civil union by any religious
denomination or Indian nation or tribe.

(2) Within sixty-three days after the date on which the civil union is certified,
either the person certifying the civil union or, if no individual acting alone certifies
the civil union, a party to the civil union shall complete the civil union certificate and
return the certificate to the county clerk and recorder's office that issued the
license. A person who fails to return the civil union certificate to the county clerk
and recorder as required by this section shall pay to the county clerk and recorder a
late fee in an amount not less than twenty dollars. The county clerk and recorder
may assess an additional five-dollar late fee for each additional day of failure to
comply with the return requirements of this subsection (2), up to a maximum of fifty
dollars. For purposes of determining whether to assess a late fee pursuant to this
subsection (2), the date of return is deemed to be the date of postmark.

(3) Upon receiving the civil union certificate, the county clerk and recorder
shall register the civil union.

(4) A priest, minister, rabbi, or other official of a religious institution or
denomination or an Indian nation or tribe is not required to certify a civil union in
violation of his or her right to the free exercise of religion guaranteed by the first
amendment to the United States constitution and by section 4 of article II of the
state constitution.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2013: Entire article added, (SB 13-011), ch. 49, p. 153, � 1, effective May 1.