KRS 402.100: Marriage license -- Marriage certificate -- Confidentiality of Social

Security or other government-issued identification card numbers.

Each county clerk shall make available to the public the form prescribed by the

Department for Libraries and Archives for the issuance of a marriage license. The

department shall issue a marriage license form which provides for the entering of

information identifying each party as a "bride," "groom," or "spouse." This form shall

provide for the entering of all of the information required in this section, and may also

provide for the entering of additional information prescribed by the Department for

Libraries and Archives. The form shall consist of:

(1) A marriage license which provides for the entering of:

(a) An authorization statement for any person or religious society authorized

to perform marriage ceremonies to unite in marriage the parties named;

(b) Vital information for each party, including the full name, date of birth,

place of birth, race, gender, condition (single, widowed, or divorced),

number of previous marriages, occupation, current residence, relationship

to the other party, and full names of parents;

(c) A statement signed by both parties swearing that, to the best of their

knowledge, the information provided on the form is correct; and

(d) The date and place the application was made.

(2) A marriage certificate which provides for the entering of:

(a) A statement by the person performing the marriage ceremony or the clerk

of the religious society authorized to solemnize the marriage ceremony

that the ceremony was performed. The statement shall include the name

and title of the person performing the ceremony or the name of the

religious society solemnizing the marriage, the names of persons married,

the date and place of the marriage, and the names of two (2) witnesses;

(b) A statement by the person performing the marriage ceremony of his legal

qualification under this chapter to perform the ceremony, such statement

to include the name of the county or city where his license to perform

marriage ceremonies was issued or, in the case of religious societies

authorized by KRS 402.050(1)(c) to solemnize marriages, the name of the

city or county where the religious society is incorporated. The provisions

of this paragraph shall not be construed to require the clerk of a religious

society to be present at the marriage so long as the witnesses of the

society are present;

(c) The printed name and dated signature of the person performing the

ceremony; and

(d) A signed statement indicating that the marriage certificate was recorded

in the county in which it was filed. The statement shall also include the

title of the county clerk or deputy clerk of the county in which the

certificate was filed and indicate the date the marriage certificate was

recorded.

(3) A certificate to be delivered by the person performing the marriage ceremony

or the clerk of the religious society performing the marriage ceremony to the

parties married. This certificate shall provide for the entering of:

(a) A statement by the person performing the marriage ceremony or the clerk

of the religious society performing the marriage ceremony that the

ceremony was performed. The statement shall include the name and title

of the person performing the ceremony, or the name of the religious

society performing the ceremony, the names of persons married, the date

and place of the marriage, and the names of two (2) witnesses; and

(b) A dated signature of the person performing the ceremony or the clerk of

the religious society performing the ceremony.

(4) A Social Security card or other government-issued identification card shall be

requested as a means of identification of each party but the number shall not

be recorded or retained.