June 30, 2011, Introduced by Senators HUNTER, MOOLENAAR, GLEASON, GREEN, EMMONS, HILDENBRAND, CASWELL, MEEKHOF, JANSEN, JONES and KOWALL and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1887 PA 128, entitled
"An act establishing the minimum ages for contracting marriages; to
require a civil license in order to marry and its registration; to
provide for the implementation of federal law; and to provide a
penalty for the violation of this act,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 551.104).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
4. (1) It shall be the duty of the clergyman or
magistrate,
The individual officiating at a marriage , to shall
fill
in the spaces of the certificate left blank for the entry of
given by the county clerk under section 3, entering the time and
place of the marriage, the names and residences of 2 witnesses, and
his or her own signature in certification that the marriage has
been
performed by him and any and all information or her.
(2) Based on information provided by the parties being
married, the individual officiating at the marriage shall fill in
the appropriate space of the certificate given by the county clerk
under section 3, indicating whether the parties have or have not
received premarital education. If the parties have received
premarital education, the parties shall verify completion of the
premarital education by a sworn statement in the license or
certificate.
(3) Information required to be filled in in the spaces left
blank
in the a certificate given
by a county clerk under section 3
shall
be typewritten or legibly printed. He The individual
officiating of the marriage shall separate the duplicate license
and
certificate, and deliver the half part designated duplicate to
1
of the parties , so joined in marriage being married, and within
10
days return the original to the county clerk issuing the same
who
issued the license and certificate. It
shall be the duty of
such
clergyman or magistrate to
(4) The individual officiating at a marriage shall keep an
accurate record of all marriages solemnized in a book used
expressly for that purpose.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October
1, 2011.