HOUSE BILL NO. 729 House Amendments in [ ] – February 7, 2008 A BILL to amend and reenact § 20-16 of the Code of Virginia, relating to marriage license. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Scott, E.T. ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 20-16 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 20-16. Oath of parties before clerk and issuance of certificates thereof.

The clerk issuing any marriage license shall before issuing the license require the parties contemplating marriage to state, under oath, or by affidavit or affidavits filed with him, made by the parties for whom the application is made, before a person qualified to take acknowledgments or administer oaths, the information required to complete the marriage record, including the [ last four digits of the ] social security number of each party if such number has been issued to the party by the Social Security Administration. Such clerk shall make two certificates thereof and deliver them, together with the license, to the person entitled thereto. For the purposes of this section any statement made by such applicant, under oath, concerning the information to be entered on the record is hereby declared to be a material matter or thing in any prosecution for perjury for any violation of this section.

HOUSE BILL NO. 729 Offered January 9, 2008 Prefiled January 8, 2008 A BILL to amend and reenact § 20-16 of the Code of Virginia, relating to marriage license. ---------- Patron-- Scott, E.T. ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 20-16 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 20-16. Oath of parties before clerk and issuance of certificates thereof.

The clerk issuing any marriage license shall before issuing the license require the parties contemplating marriage to state, under oath, or by affidavit or affidavits filed with him, made by the parties for whom the application is made, before a person qualified to take acknowledgments or administer oaths, the information required to complete the marriage record, including the social security number of each party if such number has been issued to the party by the Social Security Administration. Such clerk shall make two certificates thereof and deliver them, together with the license, to the person entitled thereto. For the purposes of this section any statement made by such applicant, under oath, concerning the information to be entered on the record is hereby declared to be a material matter or thing in any prosecution for perjury for any violation of this section.