Marriage License Applications

							BIL:     4105
TYP:     General Bill GB
INB:     House
IND:     20010515
PSP:     J.H. Neal
SPO:     J.H. Neal, Meacham-Richardson, Breeland, Carnell, Cobb-Hunter, Gilham,
         Gourdine, Howard, Loftis, Mack, McLeod, Miller, Ott, Owens, Rivers,
         Rodgers, Rutherford, Snow, Weeks and Wilder
DDN:     l:\council\bills\nbd\11672ac01.doc
RBY:     House
COM:     Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
SUB:     Marriage license applications, requirement to contain social security
         numbers deleted; Domestic Relations



HST:

Body     Date       Action Description                        Com     Leg Involved
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House    20020108   Co-Sponsor removed (Rule 5.2) by Rep.             Lourie
House    20010515   Introduced, read first time,              25 HJ
                    referred to Committee


Versions of This Bill




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 9                               A BILL
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11   TO AMEND SECTION 20-1-220, AS AMENDED, CODE OF
12   LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO
13   MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS, SO
14   AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE
15   APPLICATION CONTAIN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
16   OR THE ALIEN IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS ASSIGNED TO
17   RESIDENT ALIENS WHO DO NOT HAVE SOCIAL
18   SECURITY NUMBERS.
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20   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
21   Carolina:
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23   SECTION 1. Section 20-1-220 of the 1976 Code, as last amended
24   by Section 105, Part II, Act 100 of 1999, is further amended to
25   read:
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27      “Section 20-1-220. No marriage license may be issued unless a
28   written application has been filed with the probate judge, or in
29   Darlington and Georgetown counties the clerk of court who issues
30   the license, at least twenty-four hours before the issuance of the
31   license. The application must be signed by both of the contracting
32   parties and shall contain the same information as required for the
33   issuing of the license including the social security numbers, or the
34   alien identification numbers assigned to resident aliens who do not
35   have social security numbers, of the contracting parties. The
36   license issued, in addition to other things required, must show the
37   hour and date of the filing of the application and the hour and date
38   of the issuance of the license. The application must be kept by the
39   probate judge or clerk of court as a permanent record in his office.
40   A probate judge or clerk of court issuing a license contrary to the
41   provisions, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one


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1 hundred dollars or not less than twenty-five dollars, or imprisoned
2 for not more than thirty days or not less than ten days.”
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4 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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