The clerk issuing any marriage license shall require the parties contemplating marriage to state, under oath, the information required to complete the application for marriage license. The parties shall be able to designate themselves on the application for marriage license as spouse, bride, or groom. The clerk shall provide the parties with two copies of the marriage certificate to be completed by the marriage officiant, who shall return the completed certificates to the clerk after the marriage ceremony of the parties. The clerk shall retain one copy of the completed marriage certificate and provide the other copy to the State Registrar of Vital Records. The clerk may provide the parties with a commemorative marriage certificate and the parties may request a certified copy of the official marriage certificate as provided in Article 7 (§ 32.1-270 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 32.1. For the purposes of this section any statement made by such applicant, under oath, concerning the information to be entered on the application for marriage license is hereby declared to be a material matter or thing in any prosecution for perjury for any violation of this section.
Code 1919, § 5074; 1928, p. 314; 1938, p. 151; 1968, c. 318; 2015, c. 708.
Notes of Decisions
MacDougall v. Levick, 805 S.E.2d 775 (Va. 2017).
· cites it 2× “Indeed, what purpose does an officiant serve under the majority's theory, other than to sign paperwork when it is delivered to him or her? While it is true that such a marriage could easily be annulled, that presumes the former lovers being aware of their marital status.”
Lamb v. Butler, 95 S.E.2d 239 (Va. 1956).
· cites it 7× “In the amended bill he alleged that in accordance with § 20-16, General Statutes of North Carolina, he had on June 9-, 1954, requested the Department of Motor Vehicles of that State to grant him a hearing and to rescind its order suspending his driving privileges; that a hearing…”
Richard S. Levick v. Deborah MacDougall, 782 S.E.2d 182 (Va. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 2× “Finally, “[t]he clerk issuing any marriage license shall require the parties contemplating marriage to state, under oath, the information required to complete the application for marriage license,” Code § 20-16, and “[e]very person who officiates at a marriage ceremony shall…”
Nelson v. Lamb, 81 S.E.2d 762 (Va. 1954).
· cites it 4× “Section 20-16, 1951 Supplement, General Statutes of North Carolina, allows the revocation of an operator’s license if he “Has, within one (1) year, been convicted of two or more offenses of speeding in excess of fifty-five (55) miles per hour * This section is substantially…”
Gottlieb v. Crouch, 44 Va. Cir. 268 (Arlington Cir. Ct. 1998).
· cites it 3× “Va. Code § 20-16. The clerk must subsequently receive the license and file it within his office and with the state registrar of vital statistics.”
Lamb v. Smith, 81 S.E.2d 768 (Va. 1954).
· cites it 2× “Section 20-16, 1951 Supplement, General Statutes of North Carolina, permits revocation of an operator’s license for a period of sixty days upon proof of conviction of two offenses of speeding within twelve months.”
MacDougall v. Levick, 87 Va. Cir. 160 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2013).
· cites it 5× “Va. Code § 20-16 provides that the parties must take an oath prior to issuance of a marriage license: The clerk issuing any marriage license shall before issuing the license require the parties contemplating marriage to state, under oath, or by affidavit or affidavits filed with…”
Deborah MacDougall v. Richard S. Levick (Va. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 2× “Finally, “[t]he clerk issuing any marriage license shall require the parties contemplating marriage to state, under oath, the information required to complete the application for marriage license,” Code § 20-16, and “[e]very person who officiates at a marriage ceremony shall…”
Richard S. Levick v. Deborah MacDougall, 776 S.E.2d 456 (Va. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 2× “Finally, “[t]he clerk issuing any marriage license shall require the parties contemplating marriage to state, under oath, the information required to complete the application for mar *238 riage license,” Code § 20-16, and “[e]very person who officiates at a marriage ceremony…”
Deborah MacDougall v. Richard S. Levick (Va. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 2× “Finally, “[t]he clerk issuing any marriage license shall require the parties contemplating marriage to state, under oath, the information required to complete the application for marriage license,” Code § 20-16, and “[e]very person who officiates at a marriage ceremony shall…”
Deborah MacDougall v. Richard S. Levick (Va. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 2× “Finally, “[t]he clerk issuing any marriage license shall require the parties contemplating marriage to state, under oath, the information required to complete the application for marriage license,” Code § 20-16, and “[e]very person who officiates at a marriage ceremony shall…”
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