Senate Bill 1025 Summary

• Eliminates the requirement for marriage licenses and replaces the licensing system with a marriage certificate filing system with county recorders within 30 days of solemnization.

• Requires the signature of each married person on the marriage certificate to be notarized and establishes a $100 penalty for recorders who fail to record certificates within one month of receipt.

• Repeals statutes governing marriage license applications, issuance, administration of oaths, solemnization procedures, and related fees (sections 32-401 through 32-408).

• Updates domestic violence funding provisions to reference marriage certificate fees instead of marriage license fees, maintaining the $15 fee per certificate filed and $20 fee per divorce action for the domestic violence project account.

• Becomes effective January 1, 2024 with an emergency declaration.