New Mexico Code § 40-1-18

Form of application, license and certificate
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APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE
No. _________
STATEMENTS
RECEIVED AND FILED
IN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
at ______ o'clock ______ m.
_____________________________________ 19 _______
DATE OF PREMARITAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
Bride _______________________________________
Groom ______________________________________
COUNTY CLERK ______________________ COUNTY
By ___________________________________ Deputy
To the County Clerk: We the undersigned hereby make application to be united in marriage and certify that we are not related within the degree prohibited by the laws of this state; that neither is bound by marriage to another; that there exists no legal impediment to this marriage; and that the information contained herein is correct.
Male Applicant
Female Applicant
Date of Birth ____________________________
Date of Birth _____________________________
Place of Birth _____________________________
Place of Birth _____________________________
Present Address __________________________
Present Address __________________________
________________________________ Signature
________________________________ Signature
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______________ day of ________________ A.D. 19 ___
(seal)
_____________________________________ Signature County Clerk
by _______________________ Deputy
CONSENT OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN
(Where either party is under age)
I, the parent (guardian) of _______________________, hereby consent to the granting of a license to marry, waiving the question of minority.
______________________________________ Signature Parent (Guardian)
I, the parent (guardian) of _______________________, hereby consent to the granting of a license to marry, waiving the question of minority.
______________________________________ Signature Parent (Guardian)
MARRIAGE LICENSE
State of New Mexico
County of _________________
) ss.
To any Person Authorized by Law to Perform the Marriage Ceremony:
Greeting:
You are hereby authorized to join in marriage _________________ of _________________ and _________________ of _________________ and of this license you will make due return to my office within the time prescribed by law.
Witness my hand and the seal of said court at ________________ this _______________ day of ____________, 19 ____.
______________________________________ County Clerk
Recorded _____________, 19 ____, at ____ .m. In marriage record book no. ____, page ____.
______________________________________ County Clerk
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
State of New Mexico
County of _________________
) ss.
I hereby certify that on the _______________ day of ____________, A.D., 19 ____, at _____________ in said county and state, I, the undersigned, a _________________, did join in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony in accordance with the laws of the state of New Mexico and the authorization of the foregoing license _________________ of _________________ and _________________ of _________________.
Witness my hand and seal the day and year last above written.
______________________________________ (Official Title)
WITNESSES:
______________________________________ ______________________________________
Signed ___________________________ Groom.
Signed ___________________________ Bride.
Recorded this ____________ day of ____________, A.D., 19 ____, at ____M.
Marriage Record Book No. ______, Page No. ______.
______________________________________ County Clerk
History: 1953 Comp., § 57-1-16, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 99, § 1.
Gender-neutral forms. — To comply with the New Mexico constitution, gender-neutral language must be utilized in identifying the applicants and spouses in the forms required by 40-1-18 NMSA 1978. Griego v. Oliver , 2014-NMSC-003.
Form indicates that only one parent need consent to marriage of underage child. 1964 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 64-135.

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