Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3125 – Registration of marriage
(a) A record of each marriage performed in this State shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3125
- 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) The official who issues the marriage license shall prepare the record on the form prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar upon the basis of information obtained from the parties to be married.
(c) The person who performs the marriage ceremony shall certify the fact of marriage and, within 5 days following the day on which the marriage was solemnized, file the marriage license/certificate with 1 of the 3 vital statistics offices in this State.
27 Del. Laws, c. 84, § ?15; Code 1915, § ?816; Code 1935, § ?799; 44 Del. Laws, c. 69, § ?1; 16 Del. C. 1953, § ?3126; 68 Del. Laws, c. 274, § ?1;