Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 8 - TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL
Chapter 176 - METHODS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Section 176.3 - Verification of Age and Identity of Applicant for a Marriage License
Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code ยง 176.3
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) A county clerk must verify the age and identity and, if applicable, proof of the removal of disability of minority of an applicant who appears before the clerk through remote technology. The county clerk may do so by:
(1) examining via remote
video an acceptable form of proof of age and identity specified in Section
RSA
2.005 of the Family Code and, if applicable,
the court order described in Section
RSA
2.003 of the Family Code;
(2) examining an electronically transmitted
copy of an acceptable form of proof of age and identity listed in Section
RSA
2.005 of the Family Code and, if applicable,
the court order described in Section
RSA
2.003 of the Family Code;
(3) witnessing an oath by a notary who is in
the applicant's presence verifying the authenticity of the applicant's proof of
age and identity and, if applicable, a court order described in Section
RSA
2.003 of the Family Code; or
(4) collecting an affidavit of a notary
swearing to the age, identity, and, if applicable, legal capacity of the
applicant.
(b) A county clerk who has a reasonable basis to question the authenticity of any documentation offered to establish an applicant's age, identity, or legal capacity may decline to issue the license through remote technology.
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