(a) Any person officiating a marriage in this State who fails to return the certificate of marriage to the issuing clerk of the peace for recording within 15 days of the marriage ceremony shall be assessed a $50 late fee by the issuing clerk of the peace.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 118

  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) Any person with an unpaid civil penalty assessed by a clerk of the peace shall have that person’s authorization to solemnize marriages in the State suspended until such penalty is paid in full.

27 Del. Laws, c. 261, § ?5; Code 1915, § ?2996; 32 Del. Laws, c. 182, § ?1; 38 Del. Laws, c. 161, § ?1; Code 1935, § ?3489; 13 Del. C. 1953, § ?118; 54 Del. Laws, c. 126, § ?11; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 140, § ?1;