40-1-321. Registration of marriage.
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40-1-321 . Registration of marriage.
(1)Upon receipt of the marriage certificate, the clerk of the district court shall register the marriage.
(2)Every person solemnizing a marriage who shall neglect to make and deliver to the clerk of the district court a certificate thereof within 30 days after having solemnized such marriage shall forfeit for such neglect a sum not less than $10 or more than $50; and any clerk of the district court who shall neglect to record such certificate so delivered within 1 month after its delivery shall forfeit the like penalty.