Indiana § 31-11-11-8 - Failure to timely file marriage license and duplicate marriage certificate
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§ 31-11-11-8. Failure to timely file marriage license and duplicate marriage certificate
Sec. 8. A person who:
(1) solemnizes a marriage; and
(2) fails to file the marriage license and a duplicate marriage certificate with the clerk of the circuit court not later than ninety (90) days after the date the marriage was solemnized;
commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-7-9-8.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3.
IC 31-12ARTICLE 12. FAMILY LAW: DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS
Ch. 1.Domestic Relations Courts; Provision of Counseling Services Ch. 1.5.Other Domestic Relations Courts Ch. 2.Establishment of Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau in Certain Counties; Provision of Counseling Services Ch. 3.Family Relations Division of Court Ch. 4.Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau Fee
IC 31-12-1Chapter 1. Domestic Relations Courts; Provision of Counseling Services
31-12-1-1Determination of necessity to establish court 31-12-1-2Designation of judges; sessions of court 31-12-1-3Designation of court 31-12-1-4Jurisdiction; supplemental powers 31-12-1-5Absence or inability of judge to perform duties; appointment of substitute 31-12-1-6Duty of clerk of judicial circuit court to file cases in domestic relations court 31-12-1-7Forms of action; caption 31-12-1-8Petition invoking jurisdiction for reconciliation or amicable settlement 31-12-1-9Appointment of referees, counselors, assistants, and clerks; compensation; expenses 31-12-1-10Referee's duties 31-12-1-11Counselor's duties 31-12-1-12Director of domestic relations counseling 31-12-1-13Counseling service not condonation of acts constituting grounds for dissolution of marriage 31-12-1-14Private counseling proceedings; confidential communications 31-12-1-15Setting cause for hearing 31-12-1-16Court of record
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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