Section 307 Of Part 1. Validity Of Marriage From California Family Law Code >> Division 3. >> Part 1.
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. This division, so far as it relates to the solemnizing of
marriage, is not applicable to members of a particular religious
society or denomination not having clergy for the purpose of
solemnizing marriage or entering the marriage relation, if all of the
following requirements are met:
(a) The parties to the marriage sign and endorse on the form
prescribed by the State Department of Public Health, showing all of
the following:
(1) The fact, time, and place of entering into the marriage.
(2) The printed names, signatures, and mailing addresses of two
witnesses to the ceremony.
(3) The religious society or denomination of the parties to the
marriage, and that the marriage was entered into in accordance with
the rules and customs of that religious society or denomination. The
statement of the parties to the marriage that the marriage was
entered into in accordance with the rules and customs of the
religious society or denomination is conclusively presumed to be
true.
(b) The License and Certificate of Non-Clergy Marriage, endorsed
pursuant to subdivision (a), is returned to the county recorder of
the county in which the license was issued within 10 days after the
ceremony.