Wisconsin § 765.13 - Form of marriage document.
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§ 765.13. Form of marriage document.
The marriage document shall consist of the marriage license and the marriage license worksheet. The marriage license shall contain a notification of the time limits of the authorization to marry, a notation that the issue of the marriage license shall not be deemed to remove or dispense with any legal disability, impediment or prohibition rendering marriage between the parties illegal, and the signature of the county clerk, who shall acquire the information for the marriage document and enter it in its proper place when the marriage license is issued. The marriage license worksheet shall contain the social security number of each party who has a social security number as well as any other information items that the department of health services determines are necessary and shall agree in the main with the standard form recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics. The county clerk shall transmit the marriage license worksheet to the state registrar within 5 days after the date of issuance of the marriage license. 765.13 History History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 48 ; Stats. 1979 s. 765.13; 1981 c. 20 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 1997 a. 191 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) ; 2021 a. 84 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 .
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What does Wisconsin Statutes § 765.13 cover?
Section 765.13 ("Form of marriage document.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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