Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE11 DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
CHAPTER122. Marriage |
AUTHENTICATION OF MARRIAGE |
Solemnization |
NRS122.110. No particular form of solemnization required; witness.
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1. In the solemnization of marriage, no particular form is required except that the parties shall declare, in the presence of the justice, judge, minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public to whom a certificate of permission to perform marriages has been issued, justice of the peace, commissioner of civil marriages or deputy commissioner of civil marriages, and the attending witness, that they take each other as husband and wife.
2. In every case, there shall be at least one witness present besides the person performing the ceremony.
[6:33:1861; B § 199; BH § 475; C § 486; RL § 2342; NCL § 4054]—(NRS A 1969, 764; 1977, 470; 2009, 731; 2013, 1195)