S-727 _______________________________________________
SENATE BILL NO. 3425
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State of Washington 49th Legislature 1985 Regular Session
By Senator Bauer
Read first time 1/30/85 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to marriages; and amending RCW 26.04.140, 26.04.160, 26.04.170, 26.04.180, and 26.04.210.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 2, chapter 204, Laws of 1939 and RCW 26.04.140 are each amended to read as follows:
Before any
persons can be joined in marriage, they shall procure a license from a county
auditor, as provided in RCW 26.04.150 through 26.04.190 ((provided,
authorizing any person or religious organization or congregation to join
together the persons therein named as husband and wife)).
Sec. 2. Section 4, chapter 204, Laws of 1939 as amended by section 7, chapter 26, Laws of 1967 and RCW 26.04.160 are each amended to read as follows:
Application
for such marriage license must be made and filed with the appropriate county
auditor upon blanks to be provided by the county auditor for that purpose ((at
least three full days before the license shall be issued)), which
application shall be under the oath of each of the applicants, and each
application shall state the name, address at the time of execution of
application, age, ((color, occupation,)) birthplace, whether single,
widowed or divorced, ((and)) whether under control of a guardian, and
residence during the past six months((, together with the name and address
of at least one competent witness who can testify that the residence given by
the applicant is bona fide)): PROVIDED, That each county may require such
other and further information on said application as it shall deem necessary.
Sec. 3. Section 5, chapter 204, Laws of 1939 and RCW 26.04.170 are each amended to read as follows:
Any such
application shall be open to public inspection as a part of the records of the
office of such county auditor((, and all applications which have been filed
within three days shall be kept separately, and readily accessible to public
examination)).
Sec. 4. Section 1, chapter 107, Laws of 1953 as last amended by section 1, chapter 128, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. and RCW 26.04.180 are each amended to read as follows:
((The
county auditor shall issue no license until the third full day following the
filing of the application, exclusive of the date of filing.)) A marriage
license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall become void if
the marriage is not solemnized within sixty days of the date of the issuance of
the license, and the county auditor shall notify the applicant in writing of
this requirement at the time of issuance of the license.
Sec. 5. Sections 13 and 14, page 83, Laws of 1866 as last amended by section 2, chapter 128, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. and RCW 26.04.210 are each amended to read as follows:
The county
auditor, before a marriage license is issued, upon the payment of a license fee
as fixed in RCW 36.18.010 shall require each applicant therefor to make and
file in his office upon blanks to be provided by the county for that purpose,
an affidavit showing that they are not afflicted with any contagious venereal
disease((. He shall also require an affidavit of some disinterested
credible person showing that neither of said persons is)), that they are
not an habitual criminal, and that the applicants are the age of eighteen
years or over: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That if the consent in writing is obtained
of the father, mother, or legal guardian of the person for whom the license is
required, the license may be granted in cases where the female has attained the
age of seventeen years or the male has attained the age of seventeen years.
Such affidavit may be subscribed and sworn to before any person authorized to
administer oaths. Anyone knowingly swearing falsely to any of the statements
contained in the affidavits mentioned in this section shall be deemed guilty of
perjury and punished as provided by the laws of the state of Washington.