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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 2.208: RECORDING AND DELIVERY OF LICENSE.

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  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP
  3. SUBTITLE A. MARRIAGE
  4. CHAPTER 2. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. CEREMONY AND RETURN OF LICENSE

(a) The county clerk shall record a returned marriage license and mail the license to the address indicated on the application. On request by the applicants, the county clerk may e-mail the marriage license to an e-mail address provided to the county clerk by the applicants in addition to mailing the license.

(b) On the application form the county clerk shall record:

(1) the date of the marriage ceremony;

(2) the county in which the ceremony was conducted; and

(3) the name of the person who conducted the ceremony.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 538 (H.B. 2767), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:10Z. Source file · JSON

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