595.12 - FEE AND EXPENSES. - Iowa Statutes

595.12 FEE AND EXPENSES. 1. A judge or magistrate authorized to solemnize a marriage under section 595.10, subsection 1, may charge a reasonable fee for officiating and making return for each marriage solemnized at a time other than regular judicial working hours. In addition the judge or magistrate may charge the parties to the marriage for expenses incurred in solemnizing the marriage. No judge or magistrate shall make any charge for solemnizing a marriage during regular judicial working hours. The supreme court shall adopt rules prescribing the maximum fee and expenses that the judge or magistrate may charge. 2. A minister authorized to solemnize a marriage under section 595.10, subsection 2, may charge a reasonable fee for each marriage solemnization and making return in an amount agreed to by the parties.          Section History: Early Form [C51, § 2551; R60, § 4159; C73, § 3828; C97, § 3152; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 10438; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 595.12]          Section History: Recent Form 83 Acts, ch 151, § 1