§572-11  Marriage ceremony; license to solemnize; fees.  (a)  It shall be unlawful for any person to perform a marriage ceremony within the State without first obtaining from the department of health a license to solemnize marriages.  A standard license to solemnize marriages shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance.  A short-term license to solemnize marriages shall be valid for sixty days from the date of issuance.

     (b)  The fee for a standard license to solemnize marriages shall be $100 per year.  The fee for a short-term license to solemnize marriages shall be $25 per sixty-day period.  All fees received for the issuance of licenses to solemnize marriages shall be remitted to the director of health.  Upon receipt of a fee for a license under this section, the director shall deposit:

     (1)  For standard licenses, $75 to the vital statistics improvement special fund established under section 338-14.6, and $25 to the general fund; and

     (2)  For short-term licenses, $20 to the vital statistics improvement special fund established under section 338-14.6, and $5 to the general fund. [CC 1859, §1283; RL 1925, §2949; am L 1929, c 104, §5; RL 1935, §4639; RL 1945, §12360; RL 1955, §323-11; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §572-11; am L 1969, c 19, §1; am L 2023, c 206, §2]

Case Notes

  License is necessary, but marriage may be presumed although no proof of license.  Presumption is rebuttable.  34 H. 161 (1937).

  Cited:  16 H. 377, 379 (1905).