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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="2-502" title_number="2" title_name="Marriage" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Records">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “foreign marriage” means a marriage ceremony:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>performed outside this State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in which 1 or both of the parties were or are citizens of this State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each clerk shall keep a foreign marriage record book in the clerk’s office. The clerk shall record a foreign marriage when presented with either:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a certificate of marriage signed by the individual who performed the marriage ceremony; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an official certified copy of a marriage record.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On request, the clerk shall provide, under the seal of the court, certification of a foreign marriage in the same manner as the clerk issues certification of a marriage ceremony performed in this State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
