Marriage Registration

(a)A record of each marriage performed on Guam shall be filed with the Guam Registrar of Vital Statistics as provided in this section.

(b)The officer who issues the marriage license shall prepare the license and certificate on the form prescribed and furnished by the Office of Vital Statistics upon the basis of information obtained from the parties to be married, who shall attest to the information by their signatures.

(c)Every person authorized by the laws of Guam to perform a marriage shall certify the fact of marriage and file the record of such marriage with the Office of Vital Statistics within ten

(10)days after the ceremony. This certificate shall be signed by the witnesses, and another signed copy shall be given to the parties marrying.

(d)The officer issuing marriage licenses shall complete and forward to the Guam Registrar of Vital Statistics, on or before the fifteenth

(15th)day of each month, copies of the applications and licenses filed with him during the preceding calendar month.

(e)The Director shall accept, for the purpose of recordation, certified copies of records of marriages performed outside Guam in which one

(1)or both parties are residents of Guam.