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Section 122.055 – Consolidation of forms for marriage; requirements and limitations on information on reverse of form

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Nevada

1. The county clerk may place the affidavit of application for a marriage license, the certificate of marriage and the marriage license on a single form.
2. The county clerk shall have printed or stamped on the reverse of the form:

(a) Instructions for obtaining a certified copy or certified abstract of the certificate of marriage.
(b) Language in black ink and at least 16-point bold type in a font that is easy to read and that is in substantially the following form:

This is a duplicate of your certificate. This is not a certified copy. After the certificate has been recorded by the county recorder or filed by the county clerk, you may obtain a certified copy. For name changes and other legal matters, you will need to obtain a certified copy.

3. Nothing may be printed, stamped or written on the reverse of the form other than the instructions and language described in subsection 2 and a time stamp used by the county clerk to signify that the form has been filed.

NRS 122.055

Added to NRS by 1987, 1419 [Ch. 585]; A 1991, 69 [Ch. 39]; 2007, 887 [Ch. 250]; 2011, 1854 [Ch. 330]; 2017, 1025 [Ch. 191]
Amended by 2017, Ch. 191,ยง7, eff. 7/1/2017.
Added to NRS by 1987, 1419; A 1991, 69; 2007, 887; 2011, 1854