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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. If a minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage is no longer authorized to solemnize a marriage by the church or religious organization that authorized the minister or other church or religious official to solemnize marriages when he or she applied for a certificate of permission to perform marriages pursuant to NRS 122.064, the church or religious organization shall, within 5 days after the authorization is terminated, file an affidavit of removal of authority to solemnize marriages with the county clerk of the county where the original affidavit of authority to solemnize marriages was filed.
2. The affidavit of removal of authority to solemnize marriages must be in substantially the following form:
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The________________________________________ (name of church or religious organization) is organized and carries on its work in the State of Nevada. Its active meetings are located at________________________________________ (street address, city or town). The________________________________________ (name of church or religious organization) hereby removes the authority of________________________________________ (name of minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize marriages), filed in the County of________________________________________, on the__________ day of the month of____________________., of the year__________, to solemnize marriages.
I am duly authorized by________________________________________ (name of church or religious organization) to complete and submit this affidavit.
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Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this__________ day of the month of____________________ of the year__________
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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 11. Domestic Relations § 122.0665. Affidavit of removal of authority to solemnize marriages: Form of affidavit; filing by church or religious organization that authorized official to solemnize marriages - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-11-domestic-relations/nv-rev-st-122-0665/
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