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2004 SESSION
041106728Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 20-25 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 20-25. Persons other than ministers who may perform rites.
Any circuit court judge may issue an order authorizing one or more persons,
resident in the jurisdiction circuit in which the judge sits, to celebrate the
rites of marriage in such jurisdiction anywhere in the Commonwealth. Any person
so authorized shall, before acting, enter into bond in the penalty of $500,
with or without surety, as the court may direct. Any order made under this
section may be rescinded at any time.
Any judge or justice of a court of record, any judge of a district court or any
retired judge or justice of the Commonwealth or any active, senior or retired
federal judge or justice who is a resident of the Commonwealth may celebrate
the rites of marriage anywhere in the Commonwealth without the necessity of
bond or order of authorization.