WEST virginia legislature

2018 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4546

By Delegates Sobonya, Frich, C. Romine, C. Miller, Rohrbach, Butler, Summers, Pack, Hanshaw and Lovejoy

[Introduced February 13, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §48-2-102 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to permitting parties from two different counties in West Virginia to apply for and be issued a marriage license in any county in the state.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. MARRIAGES.

§48-2-102. Where an application for a marriage license may be made; when an application may be received and a license issued; application by mail.

(a) If one or both of the applicants are residents of this state, they may apply for a marriage license to be issued by the clerk of the county commission of the county in which a resident applicant usually resides. If both parties are nonresidents of this state, they Applicants, regardless of their state or county residency, may apply for a license to be issued by the clerk of the county commission in any county in this state.

(b) Applications for licenses may be received and licenses may be issued by the clerk of the county commission when the office of the clerk is officially open for the conduct of business.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit parties from two different counties in West Virginia to apply for and be issued a marriage license in any county in this state. The bill puts state residents from different counties on the same basis as two out of state residents.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.