Section 40-1-14 - Production of license and proof of legal qualifications. - New Mexico Statutes

40-1-14. [Production of license and proof of legal qualifications.]

All persons authorized to solemnize marriage shall require the parties contemplating marriage to produce a license signed and sealed by the county clerk authorizing said marriage. Nothing in this chapter shall excuse any person from exercising the same care in satisfying himself as to the legal qualifications of any parties desiring him to perform the marriage ceremony, now required of him by law, in addition to the authority conferred by the license aforesaid.