Certificados de Matrimonio en Pensilvania

Explicación Simple

Cuando dos personas se casan en Pensilvania, necesitan un certificado que lo confirme. Este certificado dice cuándo y dónde se casaron, y quién los unió en matrimonio.

Es como cuando recibes un recibo al comprar algo en una tienda; el recibo prueba que hiciste la compra. El certificado de matrimonio es la prueba de que te casaste.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan y María deciden casarse en Filadelfia. Van a la corte y obtienen un permiso. Después de casarse, reciben un certificado que dice que se unieron el 10 de octubre en una ceremonia, y está firmado por el oficial que los casó.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

23 Pa.C.S. 1501 - Form Of Marriage Certificates The marriage license shall have appended to it two certificates, numbered to correspond with the license (one marked original and one marked duplicate), which shall be in substantially the following form: I hereby certify that on (date), at (city, borough or town), Pennsylvania, (name) and (name) were by me united in marriage, in accordance with license issued by the Court of Common Pleas of (name) numbered Signed (Title of person solemnizing marriage) Address Cross References.Section 1501 is referred to in section 1502 of this title. 23 Pa.C.S. 1502 - Forms Where Parties Perform Ceremony (a) Declaration of authorization.--In all cases in which the parties intend to solemnize their marriage by religious ceremony without officiating clergy, the marriage shall not take place until their right so to do is certified in a declaration in substantially the following form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss: No. ‌ County of (name) To (name) and (name) Legal evidence having been furnished to me, in accordance with law, this certifies that I am satisfied that there is no legal impediment to you joining yourselves together in marriage. Signed ‌ (Official Title) (b) Marriage certificates.--In lieu of the certificate set forth in section 1501 (relating to form of marriage certificates), there shall be appended to the declaration two certificates, numbered to correspond to the declaration, in the following form: We hereby certify that on (date), we united ourselves in marriage, at (city, borough or town), County of (name), Pennsylvania, having first obtained from the Court of Common Pleas of (name) a declaration numbered that the court was satisfied that there was no existing legal impediment to our so doing. Signed ‌ Signed ‌ We, the