§ 2-504

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§2–504.

(1)On written request, made under penalty of perjury, of both parties to a marriage, the clerk for the county that issued the marriage license shall issue a new marriage record in accordance with this section if the clerk received satisfactory proof that a court of competent jurisdiction, regardless of location, has issued an order for a change of name for a party to the marriage.

(2)On the presentation of a death certificate for a party to a marriage, the clerk for the county that issued the marriage license shall accept a request made under paragraph

(1)of this subsection from the other party to the marriage.

(3)On the presentation of an order of the court instructing a marriage record to be changed, the clerk for the county that issued the marriage license shall accept a request under paragraph

(1)of this subsection without a written request of both parties.

(1)A new marriage record issued under this section shall:

(i)if the original marriage record designates the gender of the parties, including by using the terms “bride”, “groom”, “wife”, or “husband”, designate the parties using gender–neutral language; and

(ii)if the name of a party to the marriage has been changed at any time, reflect the name that was most recently established and for which a certified order of change of name or other appropriate evidence has been submitted to the clerk.

(2)A new marriage record issued under subsection

(a)of this section may not:

(i)be marked “amended”; or

(ii)show on its face that a change has been made to:

1. a name of a party; or

2. if applicable, a gender designation.

(1)If a new marriage record is issued, the clerk shall:

(i)substitute the new electronic marriage record for the existing marriage record then on file; and

(ii)report and transmit a copy of the new marriage record to the Secretary of Health in accordance with § 2–503 of this title.

(2)After a marriage record is changed under this section, any certified copy of the marriage record that is issued shall be a copy of the new marriage record, unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders the issuance of a copy of the original marriage record.