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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-303

Return of license to clerk — Penalty for failure to return — Society of Friends

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Aghili v. Saadatnejadi (1997)

Most recently applied in Aghili v. Saadatnejadi (June 1997)

Code 1858, § 2443 (deriv

(1) One authorized by § 36-3-301 who solemnizes the rite of matrimony shall endorse on the license the fact and time of the marriage, and sign the license, and return it to the county clerk within three (3) days from the date of marriage. Every person who fails to make such return of the license commits a Class C misdemeanor.

(2) The functions, duties and liabilities of the party solemnizing marriage as set forth in this part shall, in the case of marriages solemnized among the Religious Society of Friends, be incumbent upon the clerk of the congregation, or in the clerk's absence, the clerk's duly designated alternate.

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