NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 636

HOUSE BILL 1092

 

 

AN ACT TO SIMPLIFY THE INDEXING OF MARRIAGE LICENSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The last paragraph of Section 51-18 of the North Carolina General Statutes is rewritten to read as follows:

"In the book required by this section, each marriage license shall be indexed alphabetically according to the name of the proposed husband and the proposed wife. Each index entry shall include, but not be limited to, the full name of the intended husband and wife, the date the marriage ceremony was performed, and the location of the original license and the return thereon. The original license and return shall be filed and preserved."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979, and shall apply to all marriage licenses issued on and after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of May, 1979.