Ohio § 3101.14 Notice on license of penalty for failure to return certificate of solemnized marriage

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§ 3101.14 — Notice on license of penalty for failure to return certificate of solemnized marriage

Ohio § 3101.14

Title 31Domestic Relations-Children

Ch. 3101Marriage

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3101.14 (2026).

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Every marriage license shall have printed upon  it in prominent type the notice that, unless the person  solemnizing the marriage returns a certificate of the solemnized  marriage to the probate court that issued the marriage license  within thirty days after performing the ceremony, or, if the  person solemnizing the marriage is a probate judge who is acting  in accordance with section2101.27of the Revised Code and who  issued the marriage license to the husband and wife, unless that  probate judge files a certificate of the solemnized marriage in  the probate judge's office within thirty days after the  solemnization, the person or probate judge is guilty of a minor  misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be punished by a fine of  fifty dollars. An envelope suitable for returning the cert

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Every marriage license shall have printed upon it in prominent type the notice that, unless the person solemnizing the marriage returns a certificate of the solemnized marriage to the probate court that issued the marriage license within thirty days after performing the ceremony, or, if the person solemnizing the marriage is a probate judge who is acting in accordance with section2101.27of the Revised Code and who issued the marriage license to the husband and wife, unless that probate judge files a certificate of the solemnized marriage in the probate judge's office within thirty days after the solemnization, the person or probate judge is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be punished by a fine of fifty dollars. An envelope suitable for returning the certificate of marriage, and addressed to the proper probate court, shall be given with each license, except that this requirement does not apply if a marriage is to be solemnized by a probate judge who is acting in accordance with section2101.27of the Revised Code and who issued the marriage license to the husband and wife.