Bill Text: VA HB19 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Ministers or other persons authorized to celebrate rites of matrimony; no oath required.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-04-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0611) [HB19 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2016-HB19-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§20-23, 20-25, and 20-26 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §20-23. Order authorizing ministers to perform ceremony. When a minister of any religious denomination §20-25. Persons other than ministers who may perform rites. Upon petition filed with the clerk and payment of applicable
clerk's fees, any circuit court judge may issue an order authorizing one or
more persons Any judge or justice of a court of record, any judge of a
district court §20-26. Marriage between members of religious society having no minister. Marriages between persons belonging to any religious society which has no ordained minister, may be solemnized by the persons and in the manner prescribed by and practiced in any such society. One person chosen by the society shall be responsible for completing the certification of marriage in the same manner as a minister or other person authorized to perform marriages; such person chosen by the society for this purpose shall be required to execute a bond in the penalty of $500, with surety. No oath shall be required of a person authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage, nor shall such person be considered an officer of the Commonwealth by virtue of such authorization. |