California · Family Code
FAM §401: (a) For each county, the county clerk is designated as a commissioner of civil marriages.
What this law says, in plain English
Each county clerk is designated as a commissioner of civil marriages, authorized to perform civil marriage ceremonies.
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(a) For each county, the county clerk is designated as a commissioner of civil marriages. (b) The commissioner of civil marriages may appoint deputy commissioners of civil marriages who may solemnize marriages under the direction of the commissioner of civil marriages and shall perform other duties directed by the commissioner.
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