Florida Statute 741.10 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 741
MARRIAGE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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F.S. 741.10

741.10 Proof of marriage where no certificate available.—When any marriage is or has been solemnized by any of the persons named in s. 741.07, and such person has not made a certificate thereof on the marriage license as required by s. 741.08, or when the marriage license has been lost, or when by reason of death or other cause the proper certificate cannot be obtained, the marriage may be proved by affidavit before any officer authorized to administer oaths made by two competent witnesses who were present and saw the marriage ceremony performed, which affidavit may be filed and recorded in the office of the county court judge or clerk of the circuit court from which the marriage license issued, with the same force and effect as in cases in which the proper certificate has been made, returned and recorded.

History.—s. 1, ch. 3126, 1879; RS 2059; GS 2578; RGS 3937; CGL 5856; s. 28, ch. 73-334; s. 1, ch. 74-372.

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Cases Citing Statute 741.10

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Hall v. MAAL

32 So. 3d 682, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 4142, 2010 WL 1212794

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 30, 2010 | Docket: 1662589

Cited 2 times | Published

cause prevents a certificate from being made. See § 741.10, Fla. Stat. (2002). Section 741.08, Florida Statutes

Dressler v. Dressler

967 So. 2d 1009, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 17216, 2007 WL 3146364

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 30, 2007 | Docket: 64853014

Published

entitled to follow the procedure established by section 741.10, Florida Statutes. The trial court denied the