§ 500.5

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 816, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative January 1, 2008, by Sec. 56 of Ch. 816.

For purposes of this part, the document issued by the county clerk is a marriage license until it is registered with the county clerk, at which time the license becomes a marriage certificate.

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