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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.061 - Office hours for issuance of marriage licenses.

1. In any county whose population is 100,000 or more, except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the main office of the county clerk where marriage licenses may be issued must be open to the public for the purpose of issuing such licenses from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. every day including holidays, and may remain open at other times. The board of county commissioners shall determine the hours during which a branch office of the county clerk where marriage licenses may be issued must remain open to the public.
2. In all other counties, the board of county commissioners shall determine the hours during which the offices where marriage licenses may be issued must remain open to the public.
3. Any office where marriage licenses may be issued may deviate from the hours of operation required pursuant to this section if the board of county commissioners approves the plan for the deviation submitted by the office. Such a plan must be fiscally neutral or result in cost savings.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 487; A 1979, 1333; 1993, 29; 2009, 1506; 2010, 26th Special Session, 50; 2011, 2046)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.065 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for certificate; grounds for denial of certificate; duty of county clerk. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. An applicant for the issuance of a certificate of permission shall submit to the county clerk the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The county clerk shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance of the certificate of permission; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the county clerk.
3. A certificate of permission may not be issued by the county clerk if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the county clerk shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2039)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.0665 - Affidavit of removal of authority to solemnize marriages: Form of affidavit; filing by church or religious organization that authorized official to solemnize marriages.

1. If a minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage is no longer authorized to solemnize a marriage by the church or religious organization that authorized the minister or other church or religious official to solemnize marriages when he or she applied for a certificate of permission to perform marriages pursuant to NRS 122.064, the church or religious organization shall, within 5 days after the authorization is terminated, file an affidavit of removal of authority to solemnize marriages with the county clerk of the county where the original affidavit of authority to solemnize marriages was filed.
2. The affidavit of removal of authority to solemnize marriages must be in substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REMOVAL OF AUTHORITY TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES FOR CHURCHES OR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
State of Nevada }
}ss.
County of ............... }
The........................................ (name of church or religious organization) is organized and carries on its work in the State of Nevada. Its active meetings are located at........................................ (street address, city or town). The........................................ (name of church or religious organization) hereby removes the authority of........................................ (name of minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize marriages), filed in the County of........................................, on the.......... day of the month of...................., of the year.........., to solemnize marriages.
I am duly authorized by........................................ (name of church or religious organization) to complete and submit this affidavit.
..........................................
Signature of Official
..........................................
Name of Official
(type or print name)
..........................................
Title of Official
..........................................
Address
..........................................
City, State and Zip Code
..........................................
Telephone Number
Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this.......... day of the month of.................... of the year...........
..........................................
Notary Public for
.............................. County, Nevada.
My appointment expires..............................
(Added to NRS by 2009, 722; A 2013, 1193, 3670)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.067 - Suspension of certificate for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. If a county clerk receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a certificate of permission, the county clerk shall deem the certificate of permission issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the county clerk receives a letter issued to the holder of the certificate of permission by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the certificate of permission has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
2. A county clerk shall reinstate a certificate of permission that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the county clerk receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose certificate of permission was suspended stating that the person whose certificate of permission was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2040)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.068 - Revocation of certificates and removal of authority to solemnize marriages; hearing; duties of Secretary of State.

1. Any county clerk who has issued or renewed a certificate of permission to perform marriages to a minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public or marriage officiant pursuant to NRS 122.062 to 122.073, inclusive, may revoke the certificate for good cause shown after a hearing.
2. If the certificate of permission to perform marriages of any minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public or marriage officiant is revoked or if the county clerk has received an affidavit of removal of authority to solemnize marriages pursuant to NRS 122.0665, the county clerk shall inform the Secretary of State of that fact, and the Secretary of State shall immediately remove the name of the minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public or marriage officiant from the official list contained in the database of ministers, other church or religious officials authorized to solemnize a marriage, notaries public or marriage officiants and shall notify each county clerk and county recorder in the State of the revocation or removal of authority.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1291; A 2009, 730; 2013, 1194, 3671; 2017, 1032)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.071 - Judicial review.

Any minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public or marriage officiant whose application for a certificate of permission to perform marriages or renewal of such certificate is denied, or whose certificate of permission is revoked, is entitled to judicial review of such action in the district court of the county in which such action was taken.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1291; A 2009, 731; 2013, 1195; 2017, 1033)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.090 - Marriage solemnized by unauthorized person: When valid.

No marriage solemnized before any person professing to be a judge, justice, minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public or marriage officiant to whom a certificate of permission to perform marriages or a renewal of a certificate has been issued, commissioner of civil marriages, deputy commissioner of civil marriages or mayor shall be deemed or adjudged to be void, nor shall the validity thereof be in any way affected on account of any want of jurisdiction or authority, provided it be consummated with a full belief on the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully joined in marriage.
[13:33:1861; B § 206; BH § 482; C § 493; RL § 2349; NCL § 4061]—(NRS A 1969, 764; 2009, 731; 2013, 1195; 2017, 1033, 1198)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.100 - Marriages solemnized between March 3, 1937, and March 24, 1943, validated.

All marriages solemnized since March 3, 1937, and performed in the manner prescribed and required by section 4 of chapter 33, Statutes of Nevada 1861, prior to its repeal on March 3, 1937, are hereby expressly validated. All such marriages so solemnized and performed between March 3, 1937, and March 24, 1943, are hereby declared to be valid to all intents and purposes to the same extent as if section 4 of chapter 33, Statutes of Nevada 1861, had not been repealed on March 3, 1937.
[4a:33:1861; added 1943, 208; 1943 NCL § 4052]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.110 - No particular form of solemnization required; witness.

1. In the solemnization of marriage, no particular form is required except that the parties shall declare, in the presence of the justice, judge, minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public or marriage officiant to whom a certificate of permission to perform marriages or a renewal of a certificate has been issued, justice of the peace, commissioner of civil marriages, deputy commissioner of civil marriages or mayor, and the attending witness, that they take each other as spouses.
2. In every case, there shall be at least one witness present besides the person performing the ceremony.
[6:33:1861; B § 199; BH § 475; C § 486; RL § 2342; NCL § 4054]—(NRS A 1969, 764; 1977, 470; 2009, 731; 2013, 1195; 2017, 759, 1033, 1199)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.120 - Certificate of marriage: Form.

1. After a marriage is solemnized, the person solemnizing the marriage shall give to each couple being married an uncertified copy of a certificate of marriage.
2. The certificate of marriage must contain the date of birth of each applicant as contained in the form of marriage license pursuant to NRS 122.050. If two persons, regardless of gender, who are spouses of each other are being rejoined in marriage pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 122.020, the certificate of marriage must state that the persons were rejoined in marriage and that the certificate is replacing a record of marriage which was lost or destroyed or is otherwise unobtainable. The certificate of marriage must be in substantially the following form:
State of Nevada
Marriage Certificate
State of Nevada }
}ss.
County of............................................ }
This is to certify that the undersigned, ................................ (a minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public, judge, justice of the peace of ................................ County, commissioner of civil marriages, deputy commissioner of civil marriages, marriage officiant or mayor, as the case may be), did on the ................ day of the month of ………. of the year ..............., at ................ (address or church), ................ (city), Nevada, join or rejoin, as the case may be, in lawful wedlock ................ (name), of ................ (city), State of ................, date of birth ................, and ................ (name), of ................(city), State of ................, date of birth ................, with their mutual consent, in the presence of ................ and ................ (witnesses). (If two persons, regardless of gender, who are the spouses of each other are being rejoined in marriage pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 122.020, this certificate replaces the record of the marriage of the persons who are being rejoined in marriage.)
.........................................................................
Signature of person performing
(Seal of County Clerk) the marriage
.........................................................................
Name under signature typewritten
or printed in black ink
......................................................
County Clerk
.........................................................................
Official title of person performing
the marriage
......................................................
......................................................
Couple’s mailing address
3. All information contained in the certificate of marriage must be typewritten or legibly printed in black ink, except the signatures. The signature of the person performing the marriage must be an original signature.
[7:33:1861; A 1867, 88; BH § 476; C § 487; RL § 2343; NCL § 4055]—(NRS A 1977, 470; 1987, 1421; 2001, 32; 2007, 1056; 2009, 731, 1506; 2013, 1195; 2017, 759, 1033, 1199, 1522; 2023, 1310)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.130 - Certificate of marriage: Recording; loss or destruction before recording; replacement certificate; fees.

1. Each person who solemnizes a marriage shall make a record of it and, within 10 days after the marriage, shall deliver to:
(a) If the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the county clerk of the county where the license was issued the original certificate of marriage required by NRS 122.120.
(b) If the board of county commissioners has not adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the county recorder of the county where the license was issued the original certificate of marriage required by NRS 122.120.
2. If the original certificate of marriage that is held by the person who solemnizes the marriage is lost or destroyed before it is delivered pursuant to subsection 1, the county clerk may charge and collect from the person who solemnizes the marriage a fee of not more than $15 for the preparation of an affidavit of loss or destruction and the issuance of a replacement certificate. All fees collected by the county clerk pursuant to this subsection must be deposited in the county general fund.
3. All original certificates must be recorded by the county recorder or filed by the county clerk in a book to be kept by him or her for that purpose. For recording or filing the original certificates, the county recorder or county clerk is entitled to the fees designated in subsection 2 of NRS 122.060 and subsection 3 of NRS 122.135. All such fees must be deposited in the county general fund.
[8:33:1861; A 1899, 47; C § 488; RL § 2344; NCL § 4056] + [9:33:1861; A 1899, 47; C § 489; RL § 2345; NCL § 4057]—(NRS A 1965, 1253; 1967, 1110; 1969, 764, 1462; 1977, 470; 1983, 348; 1987, 1423; 1999, 1323; 2007, 888; 2013, 3671)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.135 - Preparation of affidavit of correction to correct information in certificate of marriage; fees.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if any information in a certificate of marriage is incorrect, the county clerk or the county recorder may charge and collect from a person a fee of not more than $25 for the preparation of an affidavit of correction.
2. Neither the county clerk nor the county recorder may charge and collect from a person any fee for the preparation of an affidavit of correction pursuant to subsection 1 if the only errors to be corrected in the certificate of marriage are clerical errors that were made by the county clerk.
3. Whether or not a person is required to pay any fee for the preparation of an affidavit of correction pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) The county clerk shall charge and collect from the person a fee in an amount equal to:
(1) If the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the amount that the county clerk is required to charge and collect pursuant to NRS 246.180 for filing the corrected certificate of marriage; or
(2) If the board of county commissioners has not adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the amount that the county recorder is required to charge and collect pursuant to NRS 247.305, and the county clerk shall pay the fee over to the county recorder as his or her fee for recording the corrected certificate of marriage; or
(b) The county recorder shall charge and collect from the person a fee in an amount equal to:
(1) If the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the amount that the county clerk is required to charge and collect pursuant to NRS 246.180, and the county recorder shall pay the fee over to the county clerk as his or her fee for recording the corrected certificate of marriage; or
(2) If the board of county commissioners has not adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the amount that the county recorder is required to charge and collect pursuant to NRS 247.305 for recording the corrected certificate of marriage.
4. All fees collected pursuant to this section must be deposited in the county general fund.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1322; A 2007, 889)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.137 - Amended certificate of marriage: Issuance for name change; requirements; fee.

1. If a marriage was solemnized in this State and a party to the marriage receives a certified copy of a court order from a court of this State or another state, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States changing the name of the party, the county clerk of the county where the original marriage license was issued to the party shall issue an amended certificate of marriage to that party that sets forth the new name of the party, upon receipt by the county clerk of:
(a) A certified copy of the original certificate of marriage;
(b) A certified copy of the court order;
(c) A notarized affidavit of amendment prepared by the county clerk and executed by the parties to the marriage; and
(d) The fees required pursuant to subsection 2.
2. The county clerk may charge and collect a fee of not more than $25 for the preparation of the affidavit of amendment pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1. The party requesting the amended certificate of marriage must also pay any fee required pursuant to NRS 246.180 or NRS 247.305, as applicable, for the filing or recording of the amended certificate of marriage.
3. Upon compliance with subsection 1, the county clerk shall issue the amended certificate of marriage to the parties to the marriage.
4. The county clerk or county recorder, as applicable, shall maintain as a public record the original certificate of marriage and the amended certificate of marriage issued pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1306)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.138 - Amended certificate of marriage: Form.

1. An amended certificate of marriage issued pursuant to NRS 122.137 must be substantially in the following form:
State of Nevada
Amended Certificate of Marriage
State of Nevada }
}ss.
County of ........................................... }
This is to acknowledge that a marriage officiant, did on the ........ day of the month of ........ of the year ........, at ................ (address or church), ................ (city), Nevada, join in lawful wedlock ............... (name), of ................ (city), State of ................, date of birth .........., and ................ (name), of ............... (city), State of ................, date of birth ........, with their mutual consent, in the presence of at least one witness.
(Seal of County Clerk)
This certificate is issued to reflect an amendment made pursuant to Instrument No. ............ on file at the Office of the ................ County [Clerk or Recorder] and the court order issued in ................ County, State of ................, Case No. ..........
The original Certificate of Marriage No. .........., recorded or filed as Instrument No. .........., is on file at the Office of the ................ County [Clerk or Recorder].
2. All information contained in the amended certificate of marriage must be typewritten or legibly printed in black ink, except the signatures.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1306)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.139 - Amended certificate of marriage: Filing or recording.

1. If a county clerk issues an amended certificate of marriage pursuant to NRS 122.137 and the board of county commissioners:
(a) Has adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after its issuance, file the amended certificate of marriage in the office of the county clerk.
(b) Has not adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the party to whom the amended certificate of marriage is issued shall, within 10 days after receipt, file the amended certificate of marriage with the county recorder where the original certificate of marriage was recorded.
2. For the recording or filing of an amended certificate of marriage pursuant to this section, the county recorder or county clerk is entitled to the fees designated in subsection 2 of NRS 122.137.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1307)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.150 - Forms used by Friends or Quakers valid.

All marriages solemnized among the people called "Friends" or "Quakers," in the forms heretofore practiced and in use in their meetings, shall be good and valid.
[17:33:1861; B § 210; BH § 486; C § 497; RL § 2353; NCL § 4065]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.160 - Marriages between Indians performed by tribal custom on reservation or in colony: Validity; certificate of declaration.

1. Marriages between Indians performed in accordance with tribal customs within closed Indian reservations and Indian colonies have the same validity as marriages performed in any other manner provided for by the laws of this State, if there is recorded or filed in the county in which the marriage takes place, within 30 days after the performance of the tribal marriage, a certificate declaring the marriage to have been performed.
2. The certificate of declaration required to be recorded or filed by subsection 1 must include the names of the persons married, their ages, tribe, and place and date of marriage. The certificate must be signed by an official of the tribe, reservation or colony.
3. The certificate must be:
(a) If the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, filed with the county clerk of the county in which the marriage was performed and filed by the county clerk without charge.
(b) If the board of county commissioners has not adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, recorded with the county recorder of the county in which the marriage was performed and recorded by the county recorder without charge.
[1:188:1943; 1943 NCL § 4072] + [2:188:1943; 1943 NCL § 4072.01] + [3:188:1943; 1943 NCL § 4072.02]—(NRS A 1997, 2288; 2001, 1755; 2007, 889, 1313)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.170 - Marriages between Indians consummated in accordance with tribal customs valid: Certificate of marriage; contents; recording.

1. Marriages between Indians heretofore or hereafter consummated in accordance with tribal custom have the same validity as marriages performed in any other manner provided for by the laws of the State of Nevada.
2. A certificate of any such marriage may be signed by:
(a) An official of the tribe of which at least one of the parties is a member;
(b) An official of the reservation or colony in or upon which at least one of the parties shall at the time reside; or
(c) The superintendent of an Indian agency legally established in this State by the United States.
3. The certificate may be:
(a) If the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, filed in the office of the county clerk of the county where such marriage took place, and within 30 days thereafter; or
(b) If the board of county commissioners has not adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, recorded in the office of the recorder of the county where such marriage took place, and within 30 days thereafter,
and such certificate or a certified copy thereof is prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited.
4. The certificate must give the names of the parties married, their ages, tribe, and the place and date of the marriage, and must show the official status of the person signing the same.
5. Any certificate, affidavit or other type of proof recognized by the United States, or any department thereof, as proof of a valid tribal marriage, regardless of when or where the tribal marriage was entered into, is proof of the validity of the tribal marriage in the State of Nevada.
[1:97:1945; 1943 NCL § 4072.03] + [2:97:1945; 1943 NCL § 4072.04] + [3:97:1945; 1943 NCL § 4072.05]—(NRS A 2007, 890)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.173 - Commissioner of civil marriages: County clerk is ex officio in larger counties; appointment of county clerk in smaller counties; solemnization of marriages; no additional compensation.

1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more and in which a commissioner township is located, the county clerk shall:
(a) Be commissioner of civil marriages for such township; and
(b) Solemnize marriages within each commissioner township located within his or her county.
2. In a county whose population is less than 700,000 and in which a commissioner township is located, the board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, appoint the county clerk to act as the commissioner of civil marriages. Such an ordinance may authorize the commissioner of civil marriages to solemnize marriages within each commissioner township located within the county.
3. The county clerk is not entitled to receive additional compensation for acting in the capacity of commissioner of civil marriages.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 765; A 1993, 34; 2011, 1148)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.175 - Deputy commissioners of civil marriages: Appointment; powers and duties; compensation; limitation on number on duty.

1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the commissioner of civil marriages may appoint deputy commissioners of civil marriages. Such deputies shall:
(a) Solemnize marriages in commissioner townships under the direction of the commissioner; and
(b) Perform such other duties as the commissioner may direct.
2. In a county whose population is less than 700,000 and in which the board of county commissioners has appointed the county clerk to act as the commissioner of civil marriages, the board may, by ordinance, establish the number of deputy commissioners of civil marriages which may be appointed by the commissioner of civil marriages to carry out the duties set forth in subsection 1.
3. No deputy commissioner of civil marriages may solemnize marriages at any time other than during the working hours or shift during which the deputy commissioner is employed.
4. The deputy commissioners of civil marriages are employees of the county clerk’s office and are entitled to be compensated by a salary and by such other benefits as are available to other county personnel regularly employed in the same county clerk’s office. The compensation of any deputy commissioner of civil marriages must not be based in any manner upon the number or volume of marriages that the deputy commissioner may solemnize in the performance of his or her duties.
5. In counties in which deputy commissioners of civil marriages are employed, no more than two deputy commissioners may be on duty within the courthouse of such a county for the purpose of solemnizing marriages at any one time.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 765; A 1993, 34; 2011, 1149)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.177 - Area for solemnizing marriages.

1. The county shall provide a suitable area separate from the marriage license bureau or other place where marriage licenses are issued for the solemnizing of marriages.
2. The area shall be:
(a) Appropriately furnished by the county to provide a tranquil atmosphere and the solemnizing ceremony shall be privately conducted in a dignified manner without haste; and
(b) Situated in a building entirely separate from and unconnected with any building in which marriage licenses are issued.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 766; A 1979, 637)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.179 - Clerical personnel, supplies and equipment to be provided by county.

1. The county shall provide suitable office space, office equipment, office supplies, and secretarial or other clerical personnel necessary for the proper operation of the office of the commissioner of civil marriages.
2. The county clerk shall establish the office of the commissioner of civil marriages as a separate office and shall maintain separate records for that office.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 766; A 1977, 576)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.181 - Fees for solemnizing marriages: Amounts; disposition.

1. The commissioner of civil marriages or his or her deputy commissioner of civil marriages is entitled to receive as his or her fee for solemnizing a marriage $70. The fee must be deposited in the county general fund.
2. The commissioner of civil marriages or his or her deputy commissioner of civil marriages shall also at the time of solemnizing a marriage collect the additional sum of $5 for the Account for Aid for Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence in the State General Fund. The fees collected for this purpose must be paid over to the county treasurer by the county clerk on or before the fifth day of each month for the preceding calendar month, and must be credited to that Account. The county treasurer shall, on or before the 15th day of each month, remit those fees deposited by the clerk to the State Controller for credit to that Account.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 766; A 1975, 540; 1991, 1867; 2001, 3217; 2013, 1196)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.183 - Hours of operation for office.

The board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, determine the hours of operation for the office of the commissioner of civil marriages.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 766; A 1979, 637; 1993, 29, 35, 2261, 2262; 2003, 341)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.185 - Signs required in office and rooms; contents.

The office of the commissioner of civil marriages and each room therein shall prominently display on the wall, or other appropriate place, a sign informing all people who avail themselves of the services of the commissioner of civil marriages of the following facts:
1. That the solemnization of the marriage by the commissioner of civil marriages is not necessary for a valid marriage and that the parties wishing to be married may have a justice of the peace within a township where such justice of the peace is permitted to perform marriages, or any minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage or notary public of their choice who holds a valid certificate of permission to perform marriages within the State, perform the ceremony;
2. The amount of the fee to be charged for solemnization of a marriage in the office of the commissioner of civil marriages;
3. That all fees charged are paid into the county general fund of the particular county involved;
4. That other than the statutory fee, the commissioner of civil marriages and the deputy commissioners of civil marriages are precluded by law from receiving any gratuity fee or remuneration whatsoever for solemnizing a marriage; and
5. That if the commissioner of civil marriages, any deputy commissioner of civil marriages, or any other employee in the office of the commissioner or in the office of the county clerk solicits such an extra gratuity fee or other remuneration, the matter should be reported to the district attorney for such county.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 766; A 2009, 732; 2013, 1196, 3671)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.189 - Prohibited acts.

It is unlawful for the commissioner of civil marriages, any deputy commissioner, or any employee in the office of the commissioner or in the office of the county clerk to:
1. Solicit, accept or receive any gratuity, remuneration or fee whatsoever for the solemnizing of marriages;
2. Participate in or receive the benefits of any fees solicited or received by any other person; or
3. Influence or attempt to influence any person to have a marriage solemnized in the office of the commissioner of civil marriages.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 767; A 1977, 576)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.191 - Display and contents of signs indicating location of office.

Signs may be displayed to inform any person of the location of the office of the commissioner of civil marriages. Such signs shall have printed thereon only the following words: "Office of the Commissioner of Civil Marriages." Such signs shall be displayed in a conservative manner commensurate with the dignified function of the office of the commissioner of civil marriages.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 767)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.200 - False statement to procure marriage license.

Any person who shall make a false statement in procuring a marriage license with reference to any matter required by NRS 122.040 and 122.050 to be stated under oath shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[Part 5:33:1861; A 1867, 88; 1899, 47; 1919, 382; 1927, 49; 1947, 41; 1949, 91; 1943 NCL § 4053]—(NRS A 1967, 530)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.210 - Unauthorized issuance of marriage license by county clerk.

If any county clerk shall issue or sign any marriage license in any manner other than is authorized by this chapter, the county clerk shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding $1,000 to and for the use of the person aggrieved.
[Part 5:33:1861; A 1867, 88; 1899, 47; 1919, 382; 1927, 49; 1947, 41; 1949, 91; 1943 NCL § 4053]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.215 - Solicitation to perform marriage prohibited on county property where marriage licenses are issued; civil penalty.

It is unlawful for any county employee, commercial wedding chapel employee or other person to solicit or otherwise influence, while on county property where marriage licenses are issued, any person to be married by a marriage commissioner or justice of the peace or at a commercial wedding chapel. Any person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each violation. A board of county commissioners may, at the request of the county clerk, enact an ordinance delegating to a hearing officer the authority to determine violations of this section and to levy civil penalties for such violations.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 577; A 2013, 3672; 2019, 457)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.220 - Solemnizing marriage without exhibition of marriage license.

1. It is unlawful for any Supreme Court justice, judge of the Court of Appeals, judge of a district court, justice of the peace, municipal judge, minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public, commissioner of civil marriages, deputy commissioner of civil marriages, marriage officiant or mayor to join together as spouses persons allowed by law to be joined in marriage, until the persons proposing such marriage exhibit to him or her a license from the county clerk as provided by law.
2. Any Supreme Court justice, judge of the Court of Appeals, judge of a district court, justice of the peace, municipal judge, minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public, commissioner of civil marriages, deputy commissioner of civil marriages, marriage officiant or mayor who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 214; RL § 6479; NCL § 10162] + [1911 C&P § 215; RL § 6480; NCL § 10163]—(NRS A 1967, 530; 1969, 765; 1993, 1463; 2009, 733; 2013, 1197, 1747; 2017, 760, 1035, 1200)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.230 - Failure of person solemnizing marriage to make and deliver certificate to county clerk or county recorder.

Every person solemnizing a marriage who fails or neglects to make and deliver an originally signed certificate thereof, within the time specified in NRS 122.130, to:
1. If the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the county clerk; or
2. If the board of county commissioners has not adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, the county recorder,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Part 10:33:1861; A 1903, 70; RL § 2346; NCL § 4058]—(NRS A 1967, 530; 1987, 1423; 2007, 890; 2013, 3672)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.240 - Failure of county recorder or county clerk to record certificate of marriage.

Every county recorder or county clerk who fails or neglects to record or file a certificate of marriage as required by this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Part 10:33:1861; A 1903, 70; RL § 2346; NCL § 4058]—(NRS A 1967, 530; 1987, 1423; 2007, 890; 2013, 3672)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.250 - Willful making of false certificate of marriage.

If any person shall willfully make any false certificate of any marriage or pretended marriage, the person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[11:33:1861; B § 204; BH § 480; C § 491; RL § 2347; NCL § 4059]—(NRS A 1967, 530)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.260 - Solemnization of marriage by unauthorized person or where legal impediment known; civil penalty; delegation of authority to hearing officer to determine violations and levy penalties.

If any person undertakes to join others in marriage and is not lawfully authorized so to do, or knows of the existence of any legal impediment to the proposed marriage, the person shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than $1,500. A board of county commissioners may enact an ordinance delegating to a hearing officer the authority to determine violations of this section and to levy civil penalties for those violations.
[12:33:1861; B § 205; BH § 481; C § 492; RL § 2348; NCL § 4060]—(NRS A 1967, 530; 2017, 1035; 2019, 457)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.270 - Recovery of forfeitures by civil actions.

In all cases when a violation of the provisions of this chapter is not declared a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor, the fines and forfeitures shall be recovered by a civil action, to be brought by any person aggrieved or by the county treasurer.
[16:33:1861; B § 209; BH § 485; C § 496; RL § 2352; NCL § 4064]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.280 - Display of information.

In each county whose population is 100,000 or more, the county may provide a space at each office and branch office of the county clerk in which a commercial wedding chapel, a licensed business which operates principally for the performance of weddings in the county or a church or religious organization incorporated, organized or established in this State may display printed or digital information.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2629; A 2021, 573)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.290 - Certificate of vow renewal: Establishment of program; form; fee.

1. A county clerk may, in his or her discretion, establish a program to provide for the issuance of a certificate of vow renewal. If a county clerk establishes such a program, upon the request of a couple who desires to renew their marriage vows, the county clerk shall issue a certificate of vow renewal.
2. The request for a certificate of vow renewal must be made on a form prescribed by the county clerk and must include the date of the vow renewal and the county in which the vow renewal occurred.
3. The certificate of vow renewal must contain:
(a) The date of the vow renewal;
(b) The county in which the vow renewal occurred;
(c) The name of the persons to whom the certificate of vow renewal is issued; and
(d) A statement that the certificate of vow renewal is not a record of marriage.
4. This section may not be used to establish a record of marriage.
5. A county clerk may charge and collect a fee in the same amount as the fee collected for the issuance of a marriage license pursuant to NRS 122.060 to cover the cost of preparing the certificate furnished pursuant to this section.
6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a certificate of vow renewal is exempt from any schedule for the retention of records that applies to records in the office of the county clerk.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1024)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122A - Domestic Partnerships › NRS 122A.030 - "Domestic partners" defined.

"Domestic partners" means persons who:
1. Have registered a valid domestic partnership pursuant to NRS 122A.100 or have a recognized domestic partnership pursuant to NRS 122A.500; and
2. Have not terminated that domestic partnership pursuant to NRS 122A.300.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2183; A 2017, 288)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122A - Domestic Partnerships › NRS 122A.090 - Construction of chapter.

The provisions of this chapter must be construed liberally to the effect of resolving any doubt or question in favor of finding that a domestic partnership is a valid civil contract entitled to be treated in all respects under the laws of this State as any other civil contract created pursuant to title 11 of NRS would be treated.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2187)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122A - Domestic Partnerships › NRS 122A.100 - Registration: Procedure; fees; eligibility; issuance of certificate.

1. A valid domestic partnership is registered in the State of Nevada when two persons who satisfy the requirements of subsection 2:
(a) File with the Office of the Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State, a signed and notarized statement declaring that both persons:
(1) Have chosen to share one another’s lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring; and
(2) Desire of their own free will to enter into a domestic partnership; and
(b) Pay to the Office of the Secretary of State a reasonable filing fee established by the Secretary of State, which filing fee must not exceed the total of an amount set by the Secretary of State to estimate:
(1) The cost incurred by the Secretary of State to issue the Certificate described in subsection 3; and
(2) Any other associated administrative costs incurred by the Secretary of State.
The Office of the Secretary of State shall account for the fees received pursuant to paragraph (b) separately, and use those fees, and any interest and income earned on those fees, solely to pay for expenses related to administering the registration of domestic partnerships pursuant to this chapter, including, without limitation, the cost of materials and technology necessary to process and record the filing. At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of State shall reconcile the amount of the fees received pursuant to paragraph (b) and the expenses related to administering the registration of domestic partnerships pursuant to this chapter and deposit any excess fees received with the State Treasurer for credit to the State General Fund.
2. To be eligible to register pursuant to subsection 1, two persons desiring to enter into a domestic partnership must furnish proof satisfactory to the Office of the Secretary of State that:
(a) Both persons have a common residence;
(b) Neither person is married or a member of another domestic partnership;
(c) The two persons are not related by blood in a way that would prevent them from being married to each other in this State;
(d) Both persons are at least 18 years of age; and
(e) Both persons are competent to consent to the domestic partnership.
3. The Office of the Secretary of State shall issue a Certificate of Registered Domestic Partnership to persons who satisfy the applicable requirements of this section.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Common residence" means a residence shared by both domestic partners on at least a part-time basis, irrespective of whether:
(1) Ownership of the residence or the right to occupy the residence is in the name of only one of the domestic partners; and
(2) One or both of the domestic partners owns or occupies an additional residence.
(b) "Residence" means any house, room, apartment, tenement or other building, vehicle, vehicle trailer, semitrailer, house trailer or boat designed or intended for occupancy as a residence.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2184; A 2010, 26th Special Session, 80; 2011, 114; 2017, 288)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122A - Domestic Partnerships › NRS 122A.110 - Solemnization ceremony not required for domestic partnership; religious faiths free to choose whether to grant religious status to domestic partnership under own rules of practice.

The provisions of this chapter do not require the performance of any solemnization ceremony to enter into a binding domestic partnership contract. It is left to the dictates and conscience of partners entering into a domestic partnership to determine whether to seek a ceremony or blessing over the domestic partnership and to the dictates of each religious faith to determine whether to offer or allow a ceremony or blessing of domestic partnerships. Providing recognition to partnerships through a domestic partnership system in no way interferes with the right of each religious faith to choose freely to whom to grant the religious status, sacrament or blessing of marriage under the rules or practices of that faith.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2187)