106.190. ����� 106.150 Form of solemnization; witnesses; solemnization before organization. (1) In the solemnization of a marriage no particular form is required except that the parties thereto sh

106.190.

����� 106.150 Form of solemnization; witnesses; solemnization before organization. (1) In the solemnization of a marriage no particular form is required except that the parties thereto shall assent or declare in the presence of the person, religious organization or congregation, or secular organization, authorized to solemnize marriages under ORS 106.120, and in the presence of at least two witnesses, that they take each other to be spouses in a marriage.

����� (2) All marriages, to which there are no legal impediments, solemnized before or in any religious organization or congregation, or secular organization, authorized to solemnize marriages, according to the established ritual or form commonly practiced therein, are valid. In such case, the person presiding, officiating or celebrating in the religious organization or congregation, or secular organization, shall deliver to the county clerk who issued the marriage license the application, license and record of marriage in accordance with ORS 106.170. [Amended by 1979 c.724 �5; 2001 c.501 �2; 2007 c.703 �3; 2015 c.629 �9; 2017 c.61 �4]

����� 106.160 Delivery of commemorative marriage certificate. The county clerk shall give to the parties to the marriage a commemorative marriage certificate in accordance with ORS 106.165 upon issuing the marriage license. [Amended by 1975 c.277 �4; 2007 c.703 �4]

����� 106.165 Form of commemorative marriage certificate; preparation; rules. (1) The county clerk shall prescribe a standard form of a commemorative marriage certificate to be issued by the county clerk and kept by the married couple. The certificate must contain the names and addresses of the parties and of at least two witnesses, the date and place of the marriage, the signature of the person who solemnized the marriage, the date of the marriage license and the name of the county clerk who issued the license.

����� (2) The commemorative marriage certificate must contain the following wording in legible font type: �This is a commemorative certificate. This certificate is not the legal marriage record.�

����� (3) The commemorative marriage certificate shall be of such size and appearance as to emphasize the importance of the event. [1975 c.277 ��1,2; 2001 c.501 �6; 2007 c.703 �5]

����� Note: 106.165 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 106 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

����� 106.170 Report of marriage to county clerk. A person solemnizing a marriage shall, within five calendar days of the marriage ceremony, complete the original application, license and record of marriage form and deliver the form to the county clerk who issued the marriage license. The person solemnizing the marriage may keep a copy of the application, license and record of marriage form. [Amended by 1981 c.176 �2; 2001 c.501 �3; 2007 c.703 �7; 2015 c.168 �4]

����� 106.180 [Amended by 1999 c.776 �2; repealed by 2007 c.703 �11]

����� 106.190 Legitimacy of issue of certain imperfect marriages. (1) The issue of marriages void under ORS 106.020 are legitimate.

����� (2) All children conceived or born of parents who married or who may hereafter marry prior to the expiration of six months from the date of a judgment of divorce or declaring a marriage void rendered in a suit to which one of the parents was a party or during the period of an appeal from such a judgment, if the marriage is in all other respects regular, are legitimate. [Amended by 2003 c.576 �373]

����� 106.200 [Repealed by 1957 c.411 �7]

����� 106.210 [1955 c.694 �1; 1959 c.531 �1; repealed by 2007 c.22 �7]

����� 106.220 Name upon entering into marriage; legal effect. (1) Upon entering into marriage, either party may:

����� (a) Retain the party�s middle name, if any, and surname prior to the marriage;

����� (b) Retain the party�s middle name, if any, and change the party�s surname to the surname of the other party;

����� (c) Either retain or remove the party�s middle name, if any, and change the party�s surname to one surname or a combination of surnames, or names within the surnames, of either or both parties, with or without a hyphen;

����� (d) Change the party�s middle name, if any, to the party�s surname at birth or prior to the marriage; or

����� (e) Add to the party�s middle name, if any, the party�s surname at birth or prior to the marriage and change the party�s surname to the surname of the other party.

����� (2) Each party must indicate on the application, license and record of marriage the party�s name after marriage.

����� (3) The name of each party after marriage as indicated on the application, license and record of marriage shall become the sole legal name of each party after marriage. If a party indicates a name change other than as described in subsection (1) of this section, the party shall request approval of the court pursuant to ORS 33.410.

����� (4) As used in this section, �middle name� and �surname� mean a name that may consist of one or more different names. [1975 c.733 �3; 1981 c.775 �7; 2007 c.703 �12; 2013 c.341 �1; 2015 c.425 �1]

DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP

����� 106.300 Short title. ORS 106.300 to 106.340 may be cited as the Oregon Family Fairness Act. [2007 c.99 �1]

����� Note: 106.300 to 106.340 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 106 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

����� 106.305 Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds that:

����� (1) Section 20, Article I of the Oregon Constitution, has always enshrined the principle that all citizens of this state are to be provided with equal privileges and immunities under the laws of the State. In addition, as provided in ORS