Text: SF02366 Text: SF02368 Text: SF02300 - SF02399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2367 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO COUNTY VITAL STATISTICS BY PROVIDING FOR THE 1 5 ISSUANCE OF MARRIAGE LICENSES AND ELIMINATING THE FEE 1 6 FOR COUNTY BIRTH REGISTRATIONS. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 331.605, subsection 5, paragraph b, 1 11 Code 1997, is amended by striking the paragraph. 1 12 Sec. 2. Section 331.605, subsection 6, Code 1997, is 1 13 amended to read as follows: 1 14 6. For filing an application for the license to marry, 1 15 thirty dollars. For issuing an application for an order of 1 16 the district court authorizing theissuancevalidation of a 1 17 license to marry before the expiration of three days from the 1 18 date offiling the application forissuance of the license, 1 19 five dollars. The district court shall authorize theissuance1 20 early validation of a marriage license without the payment of 1 21 any fees imposed in this subsection upon showing that the 1 22 applicant is unable to pay the fees. 1 23 Sec. 3. Section 595.4, unnumbered paragraphs 2 and 3, Code 1 24 Supplement 1997, are amended to read as follows: 1 25After expiration of three days from the date of filing the1 26application by the partiesUpon receipt of a verified 1 27 application, the county registrarshallmay issue the license 1 28 which shall not become valid until the expiration of three 1 29 days after the date of issuance of the license. If the 1 30 license has not been issued within six months from the date of 1 31 the application, the application is void. 1 32 A license to marry may beissuedvalidated prior to the 1 33 expiration of three days from the date offiling the1 34application forissuance of the license in cases of emergency 1 35 or extraordinary circumstances. An order authorizing the 2 1issuancevalidation of a license may be granted by a judge of 2 2 the district court under conditions of emergency or 2 3 extraordinary circumstances upon application of the parties 2 4 filed with the county registrar. No order may be granted 2 5 unless the parties have filed an application for a marriage 2 6 license in a county within the judicial district. An 2 7 application for an order shall be made on forms furnished by 2 8 the county registrar at the same time the application for the 2 9 license to marry is made. After examining the application for 2 10 the marriage license and issuing the license, the county 2 11 registrar shall refer the parties to a judge of the district 2 12 court for action on the application for an order authorizing 2 13 theissuancevalidation of a marriage license prior to 2 14 expiration of three days from the date offiling the2 15application forissuance of the license. The judge shall, if 2 16 satisfied as to the existence of an emergency or extraordinary 2 17 circumstances, grant an order authorizing theissuance2 18 validation of a license to marry prior to the expiration of 2 19 three days from the date offiling the application for2 20 issuance of the license to marry. The county registrar shall 2 21issuevalidate a license to marry upon presentation by the 2 22 parties of the order authorizing a license to beissued2 23 validated. A fee of five dollars shall be paid to the county 2 24 registrar at the time the application for the order is made, 2 25 which fee is in addition to the fee prescribed by law for the 2 26 issuance of a marriage license. 2 27 2 28 2 29 2 30 MARY E. KRAMER 2 31 President of the Senate 2 32 2 33 2 34 2 35 RON J. CORBETT 3 1 Speaker of the House 3 2 3 3 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 3 4 is known as Senate File 2367, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 3 9 Secretary of the Senate 3 10 Approved , 1998 3 11 3 12 3 13 3 14 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 3 15 Governor
Text: SF02366 Text: SF02368 Text: SF02300 - SF02399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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