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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 595.4, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    595.4  AGE AND QUALIFICATION – VERIFIED APPLICATION –
  1  4 WAITING PERIOD – EXCEPTION.
  1  5    Previous Prior to the issuance of any license to marry, the
  1  6 parties desiring the license shall sign and file a verified
  1  7 application with the county registrar which application either
  1  8 may be mailed to the parties at their request or may be signed
  1  9 by them at the office of the county registrar in the county in
  1 10 which the license is to be issued.  The application shall set
  1 11 forth at least one affidavit of some competent and
  1 12 disinterested person stating the facts as to age and
  1 13 qualification of the parties.  Upon the filing of the
  1 14 application for a license to marry, the county registrar shall
  1 15 issue the license and file the application in a record kept
  1 16 for that purpose.  The license shall become valid the day
  1 17 after issuance.
  1 18    After expiration of three days from the date of filing the
  1 19 application by the parties, the county registrar shall issue
  1 20 the license.  If the license has not been issued within six
  1 21 months from the date of the application, the application is
  1 22 void.
  1 23    A license to marry may be issued prior to the expiration of
  1 24 three days from the date of filing the application for the
  1 25 license in cases of emergency or extraordinary circumstances.
  1 26 An order authorizing the issuance of a license may be granted
  1 27 by a judge of the district court under conditions of emergency
  1 28 or extraordinary circumstances upon application of the parties
  1 29 filed with the county registrar.  No order may be granted
  1 30 unless the parties have filed an application for a marriage
  1 31 license in a county within the judicial district.  An
  1 32 application for an order shall be made on forms furnished by
  1 33 the county registrar at the same time the application for the
  1 34 license to marry is made.  After examining the application for
  1 35 the marriage license, the county registrar shall refer the
  2  1 parties to a judge of the district court for action on the
  2  2 application for an order authorizing the issuance of a
  2  3 marriage license prior to expiration of three days from the
  2  4 date of filing the application for the license.  The judge
  2  5 shall, if satisfied as to the existence of an emergency or
  2  6 extraordinary circumstances, grant an order authorizing the
  2  7 issuance of a license to marry prior to the expiration of
  2  8 three days from the date of filing the application for the
  2  9 license to marry.  The county registrar shall issue a license
  2 10 to marry upon presentation by the parties of the order
  2 11 authorizing a license to be issued.  A fee of five dollars
  2 12 shall be paid to the county registrar at the time the
  2 13 application for the order is made, which fee is in addition to
  2 14 the fee prescribed by law for the issuance of a marriage
  2 15 license.
  2 16    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  2 17 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  2 18                           EXPLANATION
  2 19    This bill amends Code section 595.4 by removing all parts
  2 20 of the section relating to the three-day waiting requirement
  2 21 for the issuance of a marriage license.  The bill also amends
  2 22 Code section 595.4 by providing that a marriage license shall
  2 23 be issued by the county registrar upon the filing of the
  2 24 application.  The license shall become valid the day after
  2 25 issuance.
  2 26    The bill takes effect upon enactment.  
  2 27 LSB 2702HV 77
  2 28 tm/sc/14
     
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