SUMMARY--Revises provisions governing recognition of marriages performed within Indian reservations and colonies. (BDR 11-1749)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to marriage; making various changes to provisions governing the recognition of marriages performed within Indian reservations and colonies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 NRS 122.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:
122.160 1. Marriages between Indians performed in accordance with tribal customs within [closed] Indian reservations and Indian colonies [shall] must be of the same validity as marriages performed in any other manner provided for by the laws of this state, provided there is filed [in the county in which] with the tribal court in whose jurisdiction the marriage takes place, within 30 days after the performance of the tribal marriage, a certificate declaring the marriage to have been performed.
2. The certificate of declaration required to be filed by subsection 1 [shall] must give the names of the persons married, their ages, tribe, and place and date of marriage. The certificate [shall] must be signed by some official of the tribe, reservation or colony.
3. The certificate [shall] may be filed with the recorder of the county in which the marriage was performed . [and] If the certificate is filed with the recorder, it must be recorded by him without charge.
Sec. 2 This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.