§ 31-11-4-16 — Completion, disposition, filing, and recording of marriage certificates and marriage licenses

(a) The individual who solemnizes a
marriage shall do the following:
(1) Complete the original and duplicate certificates described in
section 15 of this chapter.
(2) Give the original certificate to the individuals who married
each other.
(3) Not later than thirty (30) days after the date of the marriage,
file the duplicate certificate and the license to marry with the
clerk of the circuit court who issued the marriage license.
(b) The clerk of the circuit court shall record the duplicate
certificate and license to marry as prescribed by the Indiana department
of health under section 15 of this chapter.
(c) If a duplicate certificate and marriage license are filed with a
clerk of the circuit court who did not issue the marriage license, the
clerk shall return the certificate and license to the clerk of the circuit
court who issued the license.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-7-3-15.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.256.