Utah Code 30-1-10. Affidavit before the clerk — Criminal penalty
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(1) A county clerk may not issue a license until the county clerk receives:
Terms Used In Utah Code 30-1-10
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(1)(a) an affidavit from each party applying for the marriage license, stating that there is no lawful reason preventing the marriage; and
(1)(b) if one of the parties to the marriage will not be physically present in the state at the time of solemnization of the marriage, an affidavit from each party applying for the marriage license, stating that that party consents to personal jurisdiction of the state, and the county issuing the marriage license, for the purposes of filing a divorce or annulment of the marriage.
(2) A county clerk shall file and preserve each affidavit provided under this section.
(3) A party who makes an affidavit described in Subsection (1), or a subscribing witness to the affidavit, who falsely swears in the affidavit is guilty of perjury and may be prosecuted and punished as provided in Title 76, Chapter 8, Part 5, Falsification in Official Matters.