26:8-47 - Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates - New Jersey Statutes

26:8-47  Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates.

26:8-47. Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates.

The department shall cause to be prepared blank forms of certificates of marriages or civil unions and marriage or civil union licenses corresponding to the requirements of R.S.37:1-7 and R.S.37:1-17. The forms, together with such sections of the laws concerning marriages or civil unions and such instructions and explanations thereof as the department may deem useful to persons having duties to perform under such laws shall be printed and supplied upon request therefor to the local registrars and to the city clerks of cities of the first class.

All certificates of marriages or civil unions and marriage or civil union licenses shall be written upon the said blanks or blanks approved by the department and shall not contain any inquiries or information which concerns the race of an applicant for a marriage or civil union license.

Amended 1965, c.78, s.64; 2002, c.88, s.2; 2006, c.103, s.50.