Forms where parties perform ceremony. (a) Declaration of authorization.-- In all cases in which the parties intend to solemnize their marriage by religious
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Section: 1502
Jurisdiction: PA
Bluebook Citation: 23 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1502
§ 1502. Forms where parties perform ceremony. (a) Declaration of authorization.-- In all cases in which the parties intend to solemnize their marriage by religious
ceremony without officiating clergy, the marriage shall not take place until their
right so to do is certified in a declaration in substantially the following form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss: No. County of (name) To (name) and (name) Legal evidence having been furnished to me, in accordance with law, this certifies
that I am satisfied that there is no legal impediment to you joining yourselves together
in marriage. Signed (Official Title) (b) Marriage certificates.-- In lieu of the certificate set forth in section 1501 (relating to form of marriage
certificates), there shall be appended to the declaration two certificates, numbered
to correspond to the declaration, in the following form: We hereby certify that on (date), we united ourselves in marriage, at (city, borough
or town), County of (name), Pennsylvania, having first obtained from the Court of
Common Pleas of (name) a declaration numbered that the court was satisfied that there was no existing legal impediment to our so
doing. Signed Signed We, the undersigned, were present at the solemnization of the marriage of (name) and
(name), as set forth in the foregoing certificate. Signed Signed
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