Prior to a ceremony, all persons authorized to solemnize marriage shall require the parties contemplating marriage to produce a license signed and sealed by the county clerk issuing the license. Nothing in Chapter 40, Article 1 NMSA 1978 shall excuse any person authorized by the laws of this state to solemnize the contract of marriage from being satisfied as to the legal qualifications of any parties desiring to be married, in addition to the authority conferred by the license. History: Laws 1905, ch. 65, § 3; Code 1915, § 3437; C.S. 1929, § 87-113; 1941 Comp., § 65-112; 1953 Comp., § 57-1-12; 2013, ch. 144, § 9. ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, required all persons authorized to solemnize marriage to require the parties to produce a marriage license; added the title of the section; after the title, deleted 'Sec. 13'; in the first sentence, added 'Prior to a ceremony' and after 'county clerk', deleted 'authorizing said marriage' and added 'issuing the license'; and in the second sentence, after 'excuse any person', deleted 'from exercising the same care in satisfying himself' and added 'authorized by the laws of this state to solemnize the contract of nse'; and in the second sentence, after 'excuse any person', deleted 'from exercising the same care in satisfying himself' and added 'authorized by the laws of this state to solemnize the contract of marriage from being satisfied' and after 'any parties desiring', deleted 'him to perform the marriage ceremony, now required of him by law' and added 'to be married'.
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