Previous to any marriage within this state, a license shall be obtained from the county register of deeds of any county, the fee for which is forty dollars. Ten dollars of the marriage license fee shall be retained by the county in which the fee is collected and placed in the county general fund. Thirty dollars of the marriage license fee shall be deposited in the county domestic abuse program fund. The license and record of marriage form shall be prescribed and furnished by the Department of Health. Certified copies of the marriage record shall be furnished by the county register of deeds for a fee established pursuant to § 34-25-52 and such fee shall be retained by the county in which the fee is collected and placed in the county general fund.
S.D. Codified Laws § 25-1-10
License required for marriage--Fee--Disposition of fees--Form--Certified copies--Fee
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Starrett v. Tyon (1986)
Most recently applied in Starrett v. Tyon (July 1986)
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 12.1406, 14.0111; SL 1957, ch 39; SDCL, § 16-10-8 (37), (38); SL 1968, ch 15; SL 1974, ch 55, § 25; SL 1978, ch 187, § 1; SL 1983, ch 202; SL 1983, ch 204, …
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