DIVISION 3. MARRIAGE 300-536›PART 3. SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGE 400-426›CHAPTER 1. Persons Authorized to Solemnize Marriage 400-402

§ 401

California Family Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) For each county, the county clerk is designated as a commissioner of civil marriages.

(b) The commissioner of civil marriages may appoint deputy commissioners of civil marriages who may solemnize marriages under the direction of the commissioner of civil marriages and shall perform other duties directed by the commissioner.

(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)

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