SENATE BILL No. 489
Introduced by Senator Wilk
February 14, 2023
An act to amend Section 350 of the Family Code, relating to marriage. legislative counsel’s digest
SB 489, as introduced, Wilk. Marriage licenses.
Existing law requires parties, before entering a marriage or declaring a marriage, as specified, to first obtain a marriage license from the county clerk.
This bill would authorize a city official to issue marriage licenses.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
line 1 SECTION 1. Section 350 of the Family Code is amended to line 2 read:
line 3 350. (a) Before entering a marriage, or declaring a marriage line 4 pursuant to Section 425, the parties shall first obtain a marriage line 5 license from a county clerk.
line 6 (b) If a marriage is to be entered into pursuant to subdi vision line 7 (b) of Section 420, the attorne y-in-fact shall appear before the line 8 county clerk clerk, as prescribed in subdivision (a), on behalf of line 9 the party who is o verseas, as prescribed in subdi vision (a). line 10 overseas.
line 11 (c) Notwithstanding the r equirement that parties obtain a line 12 marriage license from a county clerk as prescribed in subdivision line 13 (a), parties may obtain a marria ge license fr om a city official
99 line 1 before entering a marria ge or declaring a marria ge pursuant to line 2 Section 425.
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