South Dakota § 25-1-36 Return of marriage performed without person authorized to perform--Failure as petty offense.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 25-1-36 — Return of marriage performed without person authorized to perform--Failure as petty offense.

South Dakota § 25-1-36

Title 25DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Ch. 25-1VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE OF MARRIAGES

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S.D. Codified Laws § 25-1-36 (2026).

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Persons married in accordance with the creed or custom of any sect or denomination to which they belong which dispenses with the services of any minister or other person authorized to perform marriages by § 25-1-30 are themselves required to make return of such marriage within thirty days thereafter to the county register of deeds. It is a petty offense for a husband and wife to fail to make the return of a certificate of a marriage made under this section.

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Persons married in accordance with the creed or custom of any sect or denomination to which they belong which dispenses with the services of any minister or other person authorized to perform marriages by § 25-1-30 are themselves required to make return of such marriage within thirty days thereafter to the county register of deeds. It is a petty offense for a husband and wife to fail to make the return of a certificate of a marriage made under this section.