RCW 26.04.090
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A person solemnizing a marriage shall, within thirty days thereafter, make and deliver to the county auditor of the county wherein the license was issued a certificate for the files of the county auditor, and a certificate for the files of the state registrar of vital statistics. The certificate for the files of the county auditor shall be substantially as follows:
STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF . . . .
This is to certify that the undersigned, a . . . . . ., by authority of a license bearing date the . . . . day of . . . . . . A.D.
(year). . . ., and issued by the County auditor of the county of . . . . . ., did, on the . . . . day of . . . . . . A.D.
(year). . . ., at . . . . . . in this county and state, join in
lawful wedlock A.B. of the county of . . . . . ., state of . . . . . . and C.D. of the county of . . . . . ., state of . . . . . ., with their mutual assent, in the presence of F H and E G, witnesses.
In Testimony Whereof, witness the signatures of the parties to said ceremony, the witnesses and myself, this . . . . day of . . . . . ., A.D.
(year). . . .
The certificate forms for the files of the county auditor and for the files of the state registrar of vital statistics shall be provided by the state registrar of vital statistics.
[ 2019 c 148 s 31 ; 2016 c 202 s 23 ; 1967 c 26 s 4 ; 1947 c 59 s 1 ; 1927 c 172 s 1 ; Code 1881 s 2385; 1866 p 82 s 7 ; 1854 p 405 s 7 ; RRS s 8445.]
Notes:
Effective date — Rule-making authority — 2019 c 148: See RCW 70.58A.901 and 70.58A.902 .
Effective date — 1967 c 26: See note following RCW 43.70.150 .