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§ 40-1-18 NMSA 1978

Form of application, license and certificate

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Conaway v. Deane (2007)

Most recently applied in Conaway v. Deane (September 2007)

1953 Comp., § 57-1-16, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 99, § 1.

To the County Clerk: We the undersigned hereby make application to be united in marriage and certify that we are not related within the degree prohibited by the laws of this state; that neither is bound by marriage to another; that there exists no legal impediment to this marriage; and that the information contained herein is correct.

I, the parent (guardian) of _______________________, hereby consent to the granting of a license to marry, waiving the question of minority.

______________________________________ Signature Parent (Guardian)

I, the parent (guardian) of _______________________, hereby consent to the granting of a license to marry, waiving the question of minority.

______________________________________ Signature Parent (Guardian)

State of New Mexico

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County of _________________

) ss.

To any Person Authorized by Law to Perform the Marriage Ceremony:

Greeting:

You are hereby authorized to join in marriage _________________ of _________________ and _________________ of _________________ and of this license you will make due return to my office within the time prescribed by law.

Witness my hand and the seal of said court at ________________ this _______________ day of ____________, 19 ____.

______________________________________ County Clerk

Recorded _____________, 19 ____, at ____.m. In marriage record book no. ____, page ____.

______________________________________ County Clerk

State of New Mexico

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County of _________________

) ss.

I hereby certify that on the _______________ day of ____________, A.D., 19 ____, at _____________ in said county and state, I, the undersigned, a _________________, did join in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony in accordance with the laws of the state of New Mexico and the authorization of the foregoing license _________________ of _________________ and _________________ of _________________.

Witness my hand and seal the day and year last above written.

______________________________________ (Official Title)

WITNESSES:

______________________________________ ______________________________________

Signed ___________________________ Groom.

Signed ___________________________ Bride.

Recorded this ____________ day of ____________, A.D., 19 ____, at ____M.

Marriage Record Book No. ______, Page No. ______.

______________________________________ County Clerk

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.