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SENATE BILL NO. 851 Senate Amendments in [ ] -- January 27, 1995 A BILL to amend and reenact § 20-14 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal § 20-13.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to marriages. ----------
Patrons--Quayle, Barry, Bell, Chichester, Miller, K.G., Norment, Potts, Robb, Stosch, Trumbo and Woods
---------- Referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 20-14 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 20-14. By whom license to be issued.

Every license for a marriage shall be issued by the clerk of the a circuit court of the any county, or city in which the female or the male to be married usually resides, or his deputy [ ; and in case neither the female nor the male is a resident of the Commonwealth, then by the clerk of any court authorized to issue marriage licenses in this Commonwealth, or his deputy; or, if the office of the clerk be vacant ] , or if from any cause neither the clerk nor his deputy is able to issue the license, it may be issued by the judge of the circuit court of such county, or city, who shall make return thereof to the clerk as soon as there may be one.

2. That § 20-13.1 of the Code of Virginia is repealed.