Article 3. Content Of Certificate Of Registry Of Marriage of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 102. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 3.

(a) The marriage license shall contain as nearly as can be ascertained all of the following and other items as the State Registrar may designate:
  (1) The first section shall include the personal data of each party married, including the date of birth, full given name at birth or by court order, birthplace, mailing address, names and birthplaces of each party's parents, last names at birth of each party's parents, the number of previous marriages, marital status, the name used prior to the intended marriage by each party at the time of the marriage license application, if the name is different from the name given at birth or by court order, and the new name, if any, selected by each party for intended use upon solemnization of the marriage.
  (2) The second section shall include the signatures of parties married, license to marry, county and date of issuance of license, and the marriage license number.
  (3) The third section shall include the certification of one person performing the ceremony, that shall show his or her official position including the denomination if he or she is a clergy or clergyperson, and the printed name, signature, and mailing address of at least one, and no more than two, witnesses to the marriage ceremony. The person performing the marriage ceremony shall also type or print his or her name and mailing address on the marriage license.
  (b) The marriage license shall not contain any reference to the race or color of parties married.

(a) Sections 103150 and 103175 do not apply to marriages entered into pursuant to Section 307 of the Family Code. Subdivisions (b) and (c) govern the registration and the content of the License and Certificate of Non-Clergy Marriage of those marriages.
  (b) Each marriage entered into pursuant to Section 307 of the Family Code shall be registered by the parties entering into the marriage or by a witness who signed under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 307 within 10 days after the ceremony with the local registrar of marriages for the county in which the License and Certificate of Non-Clergy Marriage was issued.
  (c) The License and Certificate of Non-Clergy Marriage entered into pursuant to Section 307 of the Family Code shall contain as nearly as can be ascertained the following:
  (1) The personal data of each party married, including the date of birth, full given name at birth or by court order, birthplace, mailing address, names and birthplaces of each party's parents, last names at birth of each party's parents, the number of previous marriages, marital status, the name used prior to the intended marriage by each party at the time of the marriage license application, if the name is different from the name given at birth or by court order, and the new name, if any, selected by each party for intended use upon solemnization of the marriage.
  (2) The license to marry.
  (3) The county and date of issuance of the license.
  (4) The marriage license number.
  (5) The certification of the parties entering into the marriage, that shall show the following:
  (A) The fact, time, and place of entering into the marriage.
  (B) The printed name, signature, and mailing address of two witnesses to the marriage ceremony.
  (C) The religious society or denomination of the parties married, and that the marriage was entered into in accordance with the rules and customs of that religious society or denomination.
  (6) The signatures of the parties married.
  (7) Any other items that the State Registrar shall designate.
  (d) The License and Certificate of Non-Clergy Marriage shall not contain any reference to the race or color of parties married or to a person performing or solemnizing the marriage.