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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-3-39. Certification and recordation of marriage after publication of banns.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-3-39. Certification and recordation of marriage after publication of banns.

If the Governor or any former Governor of this state, any judge, city recorder, magistrate, minister, or other authorized person joins in marriage persons whose banns have been published, the person shall certify the fact to the judge of the probate court of the county where the banns were published, who shall record the same in the same book in which marriage licenses are recorded.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1660; Code 1868, § 1703; Code 1873, § 1704; Code 1882, § 1704; Civil Code 1895, § 2418; Civil Code 1910, § 2937; Code 1933, § 53-209; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 394, § 2/SB 238.

## Cross References

Further provisions regarding recording of marriage licenses, § 31-10-21.