Section 2-502 - Foreign marriage record book; certificate of records. - Maryland Statutes

§ 2-502. Foreign marriage record book; certificate of records.
 

(a)  "Foreign marriage" defined.- In this section, "foreign marriage" means a marriage ceremony: 

(1) performed outside this State; and 

(2) in which 1 or both of the parties were or are citizens of this State. 

(b)  Foreign marriage record book.- Each clerk shall keep a foreign marriage record book in the clerk's office. The clerk shall record a foreign marriage when presented with either: 

(1) a certificate of marriage signed by the individual who performed the marriage ceremony; or 

(2) an official certified copy of a marriage record. 

(c)  Certificate of foreign marriage.- On request, the clerk shall provide, under the seal of the court, certification of a foreign marriage in the same manner as the clerk issues certification of a marriage ceremony performed in this State. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 62, § 19; 1984, ch. 296, § 2.]