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NC Gen Stat § 51-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 2 - Marriage Licenses.|§ 51-8 - License issued by register of deeds.

 51-8. License issued by register of deeds.(a) Every register of deeds shall, upon proper application, issue a license for the marriage of any two persons who are able to answer the questions regarding age, marital status, and intention to marry, and, based on the answers, the register of deeds determines the persons are authorized to be married in accordance with the laws of this State. In making a determination as to whether or not the parties are authorized to be married under the laws of this State, the register of deeds may require the applicants for the license to marry to present certified copies of birth certificates or such other evidence as the register of deeds deems necessary to the determination. The register of deeds may administer an oath to any person presenting evidence relating to whether or not parties applying for a marriage license are eligible to be married pursuant to the laws of this State. Each applicant for a marriage license shall provide on the application the applicant's social security number. If an applicant does not have a social security number and is ineligible to obtain one, the applicant shall present a statement to that effect, sworn to or affirmed before an officer authorized to administer oaths. Upon presentation of a sworn or affirmed statement, the register of deeds shall issue the license, provided all other requirements are met, and retain the statement with the register's copy of the license. The register of deeds shall not issue a marriage license unless all of the requirements of this section have been met.(b) Expired August 1, 2020, pursuant to Session Laws 2020-3, s. 4.13(a). (1871-2, c. 193, s. 5; Code, s. 1814; 1887, c. 331; Rev., s. 2088; C.S., s. 2500; 1957, c. 506, s. 1; 1967, c. 957, s. 2; 1997-433, s. 4.5; 1998-17, s. 1; 1999-375, s. 1; 2001-62, s. 8; 2002-159, s. 14; 2020-3, s. 4.13(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 51-15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 2 - Marriage Licenses.|§ 51-15 - Obtaining license by false representation misdemeanor.

 51-15. Obtaining license by false representation misdemeanor.If any person shall obtain, or aid and abet in obtaining, a marriage license by misrepresentation or false pretenses, that person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1885, c. 346; Rev., s. 3371; C.S., s. 2501; 1967, c. 957, s. 4; 1993, c. 539, s. 417; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2001-62, s. 10.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-16.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 2 - Marriage Licenses.|§ 51-16.1 - Form of license for Address Confidentiality Program participant.

 51-16.1. Form of license for Address Confidentiality Program participant.If a person submits to the local register of deeds a current and valid Address Confidentiality Program authorization card issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 15C of the General Statutes, the local register of deeds shall use the substitute address designated by the Address Confidentiality Program when creating a new marriage license. (2002-171, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 2 - Marriage Licenses.|§ 51-17 - Penalty for issuing license unlawfully.

 51-17. Penalty for issuing license unlawfully.Every register of deeds who knowingly or without reasonable inquiry, personally or by deputy, issues a license for the marriage of any two persons to which there is any lawful impediment, or where either of the persons is under the age of 18 years, without the consent required by law, shall forfeit and pay two hundred dollars ($200.00) to any parent, guardian, or other person standing in loco parentis, who sues for the same: Provided, that requiring a party to a proposed marriage to present a certified copy of his or her birth certificate, or a certified copy of his or her birth record in the form of a birth registration card as provided in G.S. 130-102, in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 51-8, shall be considered a reasonable inquiry into the matter of the age of such party. (R.C., c. 68, s. 13; 1871-2, c. 193, s. 7; Code, s. 1816; 1895, c. 387; 1901, c. 722; Rev., s. 2090; C.S., s. 2503; 1957, c. 506, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 2 - Marriage Licenses.|§ 51-18 - Record of licenses and returns; originals filed.

 51-18. Record of licenses and returns; originals filed. The register of deeds shall maintain a separate index for marriage licenses and returns thereto. Each marriage license shall be indexed alphabetically according to the name of the proposed husband and proposed wife. Each index entry shall include, but not be limited to, the full name of the intended husband and wife, the date the marriage ceremony was performed, and the location of the original license and the return thereon. The original license and return shall be filed and preserved. (1871-2, c. 193, s. 9; Code, s. 1818; 1899, c. 541, s. 3; Rev., s. 2091; C.S., s. 2504; 1963, c. 429; 1967, c. 957, s. 8; 1979, c. 636, s. 1; 1983, c. 699, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-18.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 2 - Marriage Licenses.|§ 51-18.1 - Correction of errors in application or license; amendment of names in application or license.

 51-18.1. Correction of errors in application or license; amendment of names in application or license.(a) When it shall appear to the register of deeds of any county in this State that information is incorrectly stated on an application for a marriage license, or upon a marriage license issued thereunder, or upon a return or certificate of an officiating officer, the register of deeds is authorized to correct such record or records upon being furnished with an affidavit signed by one or both of the applicants for the marriage license, accompanied by affidavits of at least two other persons who know the correct information.(b) When the name of a party to a marriage has been changed by court order as a result of a legitimation action or other cause of action, and the party whose name is changed presents a signed affidavit to the register of deeds indicating the name change and requesting that the application for a marriage license, the marriage license, and the marriage certificate of the officiating officer be amended by substituting the changed name for the original name, the register of deeds may amend the records as requested by the party, provided the other party named in the records consents to the amendment. (1953, c. 797; 1959, c. 344; 1987, c. 576; 2001-62, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 2 - Marriage Licenses.|§ 51-19 - Penalty for failure to record.

 51-19. Penalty for failure to record. Any register of deeds who fails to record, in the manner above prescribed, the substance of any marriage license issued by him, or who fails to record, in the manner above prescribed, the substance of any return made thereon, within 10 days after such return made, shall forfeit and pay two hundred dollars ($200.00) to any person who sues for the same. (1871-2, c. 193, s. 10; Code, s. 1819; Rev., s. 2092; C.S., s. 2505.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 2 - Marriage Licenses.|§ 51-21 - Issuance of delayed marriage certificates.

 51-21. Issuance of delayed marriage certificates. In all those cases where a minister or other person authorized by law to perform marriage ceremonies has failed to file his return thereof in the office of the register of deeds who issued the license for such marriage, the register of deeds of such county is authorized to issue a delayed marriage certificate upon being furnished with one or more of the following:(1) The affidavit of at least two witnesses to the marriage ceremony;(2) The affidavit of one or both parties to the marriage, accompanied by the affidavit of at least one witness to the marriage ceremony;(3) The affidavit of the minister or other person authorized by law who performed the marriage ceremony, accompanied by the affidavit of one or more witnesses to the ceremony or one of the parties thereto.(4) When proof as required by the three methods set forth in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) above is not available with respect to any marriage alleged to have been performed prior to January 1, 1935, the register of deeds is authorized to accept the affidavit of any one of the persons named in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) and in addition thereto such other proof in writing as he may deem sufficient to establish the marriage and any facts relating thereto; provided, however, that if the evidence offered under this paragraph is insufficient to convince the register of deeds that the marriage ceremony took place, or any of the pertinent facts relating thereto, the applicants may bring a special proceeding before the clerk of superior court of the county in which the purported marriage ceremony took place. The said clerk of the superior court is authorized to hear the evidence and make findings as to whether or not the purported ceremony took place and as to any pertinent facts relating thereto. If the clerk finds that the marriage did take place as alleged, he is to certify such findings to the register of deeds who is to then issue a delayed marriage certificate in accordance with the provisions of this section.The certificate issued by the register of deeds under authority of this section shall contain the date of the delayed filing, the date the marriage ceremony was actually performed, and all such certificates issued pursuant to this section shall have the same evidentiary value as any other marriage certificates issued pursuant to law. (1951, c. 1224; 1955, c. 246; 1967, c. 957, s. 10; 1969, c. 80, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-1-100 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 52C-1-100 - Short title.

 52C-1-100. Short title.This Chapter may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-1-102 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 52C-1-102 - State tribunal and support enforcement agency.

 52C-1-102. State tribunal and support enforcement agency.(a) The General Court of Justice, District Court Division, is the tribunal of this State.(b) The Department and the county child support agencies under G.S. 110-141 are the support enforcement agencies of this State.  (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 2015-117, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-1-103 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 52C-1-103 - Remedies cumulative.

 52C-1-103. Remedies cumulative.(a) Remedies provided by this Chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.(b) This Chapter does not:(1) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this State; or(2) Grant a tribunal of this State jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this Chapter.  (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 2015-117, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-1-104 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 52C-1-104 - Application of Chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.

 52C-1-104. Application of Chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.(a) A tribunal of this State shall apply Articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Article 7 of this Chapter, to a support proceeding involving:(1) A foreign support order;(2) A foreign tribunal; or(3) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.(b) A tribunal of this State that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Articles 1 through 6 of this Chapter.(c) Article 7 of this Chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 7 is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 6 of this Chapter, Article 7 controls.  (2015-117, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-2-201 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|§ 52C-2-201 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.

 52C-2-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:(1) The individual is personally served with a summons and complaint within this State;(2) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this State by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;(3) The individual resided with the child in this State;(4) The individual resided in this State and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;(5) The child resides in this State as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;(6) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this State and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; or(7) Repealed by Session Laws 2015-117, s. 1, effective June 24, 2015.(8) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this State and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.(b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) of this section or in any other law of this State may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of the State to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of G.S. 52C-6-611 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of G.S. 52C-6-615 are met.  (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 2015-117, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-2-202 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|§ 52C-2-202 - Duration of personal jurisdiction.

 52C-2-202. Duration of personal jurisdiction.Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in a proceeding under this Chapter or other law of this State relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by G.S. 52C-2-205, 52C-2-206, and 52C-2-211.  (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 2015-117, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-2-203 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|§ 52C-2-203 - Initiating and responding tribunal of state.

 52C-2-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of state.Under this Chapter, a tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or foreign country.  (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 1997-433, s. 10.1; 1998-17, s. 1; 2015-117, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-2-204 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|§ 52C-2-204 - Simultaneous proceedings.

 52C-2-204. Simultaneous proceedings.(a) A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or foreign country only if:(1) The petition or comparable pleading in this State is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;(2) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and(3) If relevant, this State is the home state of the child.(b) A tribunal of this State may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:(1) The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this State for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this State;(2) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this State; and(3) If relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.  (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 2015-117, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-2-205 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|§ 52C-2-205 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order.

 52C-2-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order.(a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this State has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and:(1) At the time of the filing of a request for modification, this State is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or(2) Even if this State is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this State may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.(b) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this State may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:(1) All of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this State that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify that order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or(2) Its order is not the controlling order.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 2015-117, s. 1, effective June 24, 2015.(d) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that Act that modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this State, tribunals of this State shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.(d1) A tribunal of this State that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.(e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.(f) Repealed by Session Laws 2015-117, s. 1, effective June 24, 2015.  (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 1997-433, s. 10.2; 1998-17, s. 1; 2015-117, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-2-206 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|§ 52C-2-206 - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.

 52C-2-206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.(a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:(1) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or(2) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.(b) A tribunal of this State having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 2015-117, s. 1, effective June 24, 2015.  (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 2015-117, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-2-208 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|§ 52C-2-208 - Child support orders for two or more obligees.

 52C-2-208. Child support orders for two or more obligees.In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this State shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this State.  (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 2015-117, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-2-209 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|§ 52C-2-209 - Credit for payments.

 52C-2-209. Credit for payments.A tribunal of this State shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this State, another state, or a foreign country.  (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 2015-117, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-2-210 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|§ 52C-2-210 - Application of this Chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.

 52C-2-210. Application of this Chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this Chapter, under other law of this State relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this State pursuant to G.S. 52C-3-316 [G.S. 52C-3-315], communicate with a tribunal outside this State pursuant to G.S. 52C-3-317 [G.S. 52C-3-316], and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this State pursuant to G.S. 52C-3-318 [G.S. 52C-3-317]. In all other respects, Articles 3 through 6 of this Chapter do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this State.  (2015-117, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 52C-2-211 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 52C - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|§ 52C-2-211 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.

 52C-2-211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.(a) A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.(b) A tribunal of this State may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.(c) A tribunal of this State that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:(1) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this State; or(2) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.  (2015-117, s. 1.)