North Dakota Century Code Title 14. Domestic Relations and Persons § 14-03-20. License and certificate

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:

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 __________, ___.

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 __________, ___.

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.