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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 595.4, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 2 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 Previous to the issuance of any license to marry, the 1 4 parties desiring the license shall sign and file a verified 1 5 application with the county registrar which application either 1 6 may be mailed to the parties at their request or may be signed 1 7 by them at the office of the county registrar in the county in 1 8 which the license is to be issued. The application shall 1 9 include the social security number of each applicant and shall 1 10 set forth at least one affidavit of some competent and 1 11 disinterested person stating the facts as to age and 1 12 qualification of the parties. If an applicant for a marriage 1 13 license indicates the adoption of a name change according to 1 14 section 595.5, the applicant shall also attach a legal 1 15 description of all real property owned in this state by the 1 16 applicant, if the applicant requests to have real property 1 17 records changed to reflect the new name. Upon the filing of 1 18 the application for a license to marry, the county registrar 1 19 shall file the application in a record kept for that purpose 1 20 and shall take all necessary steps to ensure the 1 21 confidentiality of the social security number of each 1 22 applicant. All information included on an application may be 1 23 provided as mutually agreed upon by the division of records 1 24 and statistics and the child support recovery unit, including 1 25 by automated exchange. 1 26 Sec. 2. Section 595.5, subsection 2, Code Supplement 1999, 1 27 is amended to read as follows: 1 28 2. a. If an applicant for a marriage license indicates 1 29 the adoption of a name change according to subsection 1, the 1 30 applicant shall also attach a legal description of all real 1 31 property owned in this state by the applicant, if the 1 32 applicant requests to have real property records changed to 1 33 reflect the new name. The county registrar shall send a 1 34 certified copy of the return of marriage to the recorder's 1 35 office in every county in this state where real property is 2 1 owned by either of the parties,upon request of the parties. 2 2 The new names and the immediate former names shall appear on 2 3 the return of marriage, and the return of marriage shall be 2 4 recorded in the miscellaneous records in the recorder's 2 5 office, and the change of name shall be indexed. The county 2 6 recorder and county auditor of each county in which the 2 7 applicant owns real property may charge fees in the amounts 2 8 specified in section 331.604 and section 331.507, subsection 2 9 2, paragraph "b", for indexing a change of name for each 2 10 parcel of real estate. 2 11 b. This procedure shall apply only to changes of names in 2 12 conjunction with marriage, not additions of names of spouses 2 13 added as owners of real property in conjunction with marriage. 2 14 Sec. 3. Section 595.5, Code Supplement 1999, is amended by 2 15 adding the following new subsection: 2 16 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. This section shall not apply to any 2 17 applicant for a marriage license who has a civil disability 2 18 that would prohibit a name change by application to a court 2 19 under chapter 674. 2 20 EXPLANATION 2 21 This bill excludes persons with civil disabilities, such as 2 22 convicted felons, who would be prohibited from changing the 2 23 person's name through a petition filed with the court pursuant 2 24 to Code chapter 674, from utilizing the marriage application 2 25 process to change the person's name. 2 26 The bill also amends Code section 595.5 to require that, 2 27 when a name change is indicated on the marriage license and 2 28 the parties desire to have real property records changed to 2 29 reflect the new name, that the parties must attach a 2 30 description of the real property to the application for a 2 31 marriage license. The Code section is also changed to require 2 32 indexing of the name change, and to allow a fee to be charged 2 33 in relation to changing the real property records. A related 2 34 change is also made to Code section 595.5. 2 35 LSB 5022YH 78 3 1 jj/cls/14
Text: HF02261 Text: HF02263 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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