| Chapter 086 |
| 2021 -- H 6001 Enacted 06/25/2021 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES |
Introduced By: Representative James N. McLaughlin |
| Date Introduced: February 26, 2021 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 15-3-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 15-3 entitled "Solemnization |
| of Marriages" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 15-3-5. Officials empowered to join persons in marriage. |
| Every ordained clergy or elder in good standing; every justice of the supreme court, |
| superior court, family court, workers' compensation court, district court or traffic tribunal; the clerk |
| of the supreme court; every clerk, administrative clerk, or general chief clerk, or administrator of a |
| the supreme court, superior court, family court, district court, or traffic tribunal; magistrates, special |
| or general magistrates of the superior court, family court, traffic tribunal or district court; |
| administrative clerks of the district court; administrators of the workers' compensation court; every |
| former justice or judge and former administrator of these courts; every former chief clerk of the |
| district court; every former clerk, administrative clerk, or general chief clerk of a superior court; |
| the secretary of the senate; elected clerks of the general assembly; any former secretary of the |
| senate; any former elected clerk of the general assembly who retires after July 1, 2007; judges of |
| the United States appointed pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution; bankruptcy |
| judges appointed pursuant to Article I of the United States Constitution; and United States |
| magistrate judges appointed pursuant to federal law, may join persons in marriage in any city or |
| town in this state; and every justice and every former justice of the municipal courts of the cities |
| and towns in this state and of the police court of the town of Johnston and the administrator of the |
| Johnston municipal court, while he or she is serving as an administrator, and every probate judge |
| and every former probate judge may join persons in marriage in any city or town in this state, and |
| wardens of the town of New Shoreham may join persons in marriage in New Shoreham. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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