Section 357 Of Part 2. Marriage License From California Family Law Code >> Division 3. >> Part 2.
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. (a) The county clerk shall number each marriage license issued
and shall transmit at periodic intervals to the county recorder a
list or copies of the licenses issued.
(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of issuance, the county
recorder shall notify licenseholders whose marriage license has not
been returned of that fact and that the marriage license will
automatically expire on the date shown on its face.
(c) The county recorder shall notify the licenseholders of the
obligation of the person solemnizing their marriage to return the
marriage license to the recorder's office within 10 days after the
ceremony.