Nevada Code § 122.130

Certificate of marriage: Recording; loss or destruction before recording; replacement certificate; fees
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1. Each person who solemnizes a marriage
shall make a record of it and, within 10 days after the marriage, shall deliver
to:
(a) If the board of county commissioners has
adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100 ,
the county clerk of the county where the license was issued the original
certificate of marriage required by NRS
122.120 .
(b) If the board of county commissioners has not
adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100 ,
the county recorder of the county where the license was issued the original
certificate of marriage required by NRS
122.120 .
2. If the original certificate of marriage
that is held by the person who solemnizes the marriage is lost or destroyed
before it is delivered pursuant to subsection 1, the county clerk may charge
and collect from the person who solemnizes the marriage a fee of not more than
$15 for the preparation of an affidavit of loss or destruction and the issuance
of a replacement certificate. All fees collected by the county clerk pursuant
to this subsection must be deposited in the county general fund.
3. All original certificates must be
recorded by the county recorder or filed by the county clerk in a book to be
kept by him or her for that purpose. For recording or filing the original
certificates, the county recorder or county clerk is entitled to the fees
designated in subsection 2 of NRS 122.060 and subsection 3 of NRS 122.135 . All
such fees must be deposited in the county general fund.

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