The marriage license and certificate of the person solemnizing the marriage must be upon one blank form in duplicate consisting of two pages with a perforated seam to make it readily detachable. The form must be substantially as follows:

MARRIAGE LICENSE

State of North Dakota )

) ss.

County of ___ )

To any person authorized by law to perform the marriage ceremony: You may join in marriage _ of _, aged ___

who has __ been divorced, and _ of , aged who has ___ been divorced. You shall return this license and your certificate to my office within five days.

Dated __, ____. (Seal)

Recorder/Designated Official

CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE

I certify that the persons named in the foregoing license, __ and _, whose names after marriage are and , respectively, were joined in marriage by me at , county of , State of North Dakota, on , ___.

In the presence of

__ ) _ ) ___

Witnesses

Every marriage license must contain the full name of each party before the marriage. Every certificate of marriage must contain the full name of each party before and after the marriage and be signed by two witnesses to the marriage in addition to the signature of the person who solemnized the marriage.