Tex. Fam. Code § 2.208 · Subchapter C. CEREMONY AND RETURN OF LICENSE
RECORDING AND DELIVERY OF LICENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The county clerk shall record a returned marriage license and mail the license to the address indicated on the application. On request by the applicants, the county clerk may e-mail the marriage license to an e-mail address provided to the county clerk by the applicants in addition to mailing the license.
(b) On the application form the county clerk shall record:
(1) the date of the marriage ceremony;
(2) the county in which the ceremony was conducted; and
(3) the name of the person who conducted the ceremony.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 538 (H.B. 2767), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.2.htm
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