{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-2-504","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Family Law § 2–504","heading":"","body":"(a) (1) On written request, made under penalty of perjury, of both parties to a marriage, the clerk for the county that issued the marriage license shall issue a new marriage record in accordance with this section if the clerk received satisfactory proof that a court of competent jurisdiction, regardless of location, has issued an order for a change of name for a party to the marriage.\n(2) On the presentation of a death certificate for a party to a marriage, the clerk for the county that issued the marriage license shall accept a request made under paragraph (1) of this subsection from the other party to the marriage.\n(3) On the presentation of an order of the court instructing a marriage record to be changed, the clerk for the county that issued the marriage license shall accept a request under paragraph (1) of this subsection without a written request of both parties.\n(b) (1) A new marriage record issued under this section shall:\n(i) if the original marriage record designates the gender of the parties, including by using the terms “bride”, “groom”, “wife”, or “husband”, designate the parties using gender–neutral language; and\n(ii) if the name of a party to the marriage has been changed at any time, reflect the name that was most recently established and for which a certified order of change of name or other appropriate evidence has been submitted to the clerk.\n(2) A new marriage record issued under subsection (a) of this section may not:\n(i) be marked “amended”; or\n(ii) show on its face that a change has been made to:\n1. a name of a party; or\n2. if applicable, a gender designation.\n(c) (1) If a new marriage record is issued, the clerk shall:\n(i) substitute the new electronic marriage record for the existing marriage record then on file; and\n(ii) report and transmit a copy of the new marriage record to the Secretary of Health in accordance with § 2–503 of this title.\n(2) After a marriage record is changed under this section, any certified copy of the marriage record that is issued shall be a copy of the new marriage record, unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders the issuance of a copy of the original marriage record.","path":["Article - Family Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gfl\u0026section=2-504","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:17Z","sha256":"a3ffff180f561236bf507b51bff3817b0c5d1c9eccfca7170f1755b95b827c51","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-2-503","next":"us-md/md.-code-family-law-3-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}