1997 Minnesota Statutes

     517.08 Application for license. 

    Subdivision 1.  Renumbered by amendment subds 1a,1b 

    Subd. 1a.  Application for a marriage license shall be made 
 upon a form provided for the purpose and shall contain the 
 following information: 

    (1) the full names of the parties and the sex of each 
 party; 

    (2) their post office addresses and county and state of 
 residence; 

    (3) their full ages; 

    (4) if either party has previously been married, the 
 party's married name, and the date, place and court in which the 
 marriage was dissolved or annulled or the date and place of 
 death of the former spouse; 

    (5) if either party is a minor, the name and address of the 
 minor's parents or guardian; 

    (6) whether the parties are related to each other, and, if 
 so, their relationship; 

    (7) the name and date of birth of any child of which both 
 parties are parents, born before the making of the application, 
 unless their parental rights and the parent and child 
 relationship with respect to the child have been terminated; 

    (8) address of the bride and groom after the marriage to 
 which the court administrator shall send a certified copy of the 
 marriage certificate; and 

    (9) the full names the parties will have after marriage and 
 the parties' social security numbers.  The social security 
 numbers must be collected for the application but must not 
 appear on the marriage license. 

    Subd. 1b.    Term of license; fee.  The court 
 administrator shall examine upon oath the party applying for a 
 license relative to the legality of the contemplated marriage.  
 If at the expiration of a five-day period, on being satisfied 
 that there is no legal impediment to it, the court administrator 
 shall issue the license, containing the full names of the 
 parties before and after marriage, and county and state of 
 residence, with the district court seal attached, and make a 
 record of the date of issuance.  The license shall be valid for 
 a period of six months.  In case of emergency or extraordinary 
 circumstances, a judge of the county court or a judge of the 
 district court of the county in which the application is made, 
 may authorize the license to be issued at any time before the 
 expiration of the five days.  The court administrator shall 
 collect from the applicant a fee of $70 for administering the 
 oath, issuing, recording, and filing all papers required, and 
 preparing and transmitting to the state registrar of vital 
 statistics the reports of marriage required by this section.  If 
 the license should not be used within the period of six months 
 due to illness or other extenuating circumstances, it may be 
 surrendered to the court administrator for cancellation, and in 
 that case a new license shall issue upon request of the parties 
 of the original license without fee.  A court administrator who 
 knowingly issues or signs a marriage license in any manner other 
 than as provided in this section shall pay to the parties 
 aggrieved an amount not to exceed $1,000. 

    Subd. 1c.    Disposition of license fee.  Of the 
 marriage license fee collected pursuant to subdivision 1b, the 
 court administrator shall pay $55 to the state treasurer to be 
 deposited as follows: 

    (1) $50 in the general fund; 

    (2) $3 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to 
 the commissioner of children, families, and learning for 
 supervised visitation facilities under section 119A.37; and 

    (3) $2 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to 
 the commissioner of health for developing and implementing the 
 MN ENABL program under section 145.9255. 

    Subd. 2.  Repealed, 1978 c 699 s 17 

    Subd. 3.  Repealed, 1978 c 699 s 17 

    HIST: (8569) RL s 3559; 1931 c 401 s 1; 1939 c 243 s 1; 1949 c 
 374 s 1; 1951 c 700 s 1; 1955 c 762 s 1; 1957 c 886 s 1; 1963 c 
 795 s 3; 1969 c 1145 s 3; 1973 c 725 s 73; 1975 c 52 s 3; 1977 c 
 441 s 2,3; 1978 c 674 s 42; 1978 c 730 s 2; 1978 c 772 s 7; 1981 
 c 360 art 2 s 43,44; 1983 c 262 art 1 s 6; 1983 c 312 art 3 s 
 3,4; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 54; 1Sp1985 c 9 art 2 s 95,96; 1Sp1985 c 
 14 art 9 s 75; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1989 c 282 
 art 2 s 187; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 98; 1992 c 464 art 1 s 47; 1995 
 c 257 art 4 s 11,12; 1997 c 162 art 2 s 26; 1997 c 203 art 5 s 
 37; art 6 s 34; art 10 s 3