Sec. 46b-38gg. License. Period of validity. Penalty for solemnization without license. Validity of civil union ceremony. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 46b-38gg. License. Period of validity. Penalty for solemnization without license. Validity of civil union ceremony. (a) No persons may be joined in a civil union in this state until both have complied with the provisions of sections 46b-38hh to 46b-38jj, inclusive, and have been issued a license by the registrar of vital statistics for the town in which (1) the civil union is to be celebrated, or (2) either person to be joined in the civil union resides, which license shall bear the certification of the registrar that the persons named therein have complied with the provisions of sections 46b-38hh to 46b-38jj, inclusive.

      (b) Such license, when certified by the registrar, is sufficient authority for any person authorized to perform a civil union ceremony in this state to join such persons in a civil union, provided the ceremony is performed not more than sixty-five days after the date of application.

      (c) Any person who joins any persons in a civil union without having received such license from them shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.

      (d) In order to be valid in this state, a civil union ceremony shall be conducted by and in the physical presence of a person who is authorized to solemnize civil unions or marriages.

      (P.A. 05-10, S. 7; P.A. 07-79, S. 8.)

      History: P.A. 07-79 added Subsec. (d) to require civil union ceremonies to be conducted by and in the presence of a person authorized to solemnize civil unions or marriages.