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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 572-11 (2026)

§ 572-11

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     §572-11  Marriage ceremony; license to solemnize; fees.  (a)  It shall be unlawful for any person to perform a marriage ceremony within the State without first obtaining from the department of health a license to solemnize marriages.  A standard license to solemnize marriages shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance.  A short-term license to solemnize marriages shall be valid for sixty days from the date of issuance.

     (b)  The fee for a standard license to solemnize marriages shall be $100 per year.  The fee for a short-term license to solemnize marriages shall be $25 per sixty-day period.  All fees received for the issuance of licenses to solemnize marriages shall be remitted to the director of health.  Upon receipt of a fee for a license under this section, the director shall deposit:

     (1)  For standard licenses, $75 to the vital statistics improvement special fund established under section 338-14.6, and $25 to the general fund; and

     (2)  For short-term licenses, $20 to the vital statistics improvement special fund established under section 338-14.6, and $5 to the general fund. [CC 1859, §1283; RL 1925, §2949; am L 1929, c 104, §5; RL 1935, §4639; RL 1945, §12360; RL 1955, §323-11; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §572-11; am L 1969, c 19, §1; am L 2023, c 206, §2]

 

Case Notes

 

  License is necessary, but marriage may be presumed although no proof of license.  Presumption is rebuttable.  34 H. 161 (1937).

  Cited:  16 H. 377, 379 (1905).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1993–1996 · leading case: Baehr v. Miike, 910 P.2d 112 (Haw. 1996).
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Baehr v. Miike, 910 P.2d 112 (Haw. 1996). · cites it 6× “” According to Applicants, their interest in this case is to preserve their state-issued licenses to solemnize marriages under HRS § 572-11 (1993). 4 Applicants contend that, because they are licensed by the State of Hawaii (State) to solemnize marriages pursuant to HRS §…”
Baehr v. Lewin, 852 P.2d 44 (Haw. 1993). · cites it 2× “]” HRS § 572-11 (1985) accords the DOH sole authority to grant licenses to solemnize marriages, and HRS § 572-12 (1985) restricts the issuance of such licenses to clergy, representatives of religious societies (such as the Society of Friends) not having clergy but providing…”
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