Text of the provision
Art. 30. The original of the affidavit required in the last preceding article, together with the legible copy of the marriage contract, shall be sent by the person solemnizing the marriage to the local civil registrar of the municipality where it was performed within the period of thirty days after the performance of the marriage.
(75a)
Family Code of the Philippines, Executive Order No. 209, approved July 6, 1987. The Code took effect on August 3, 1988 (Republic v. Orbecido III, G.R. No. 154380, October 5, 2005). Reproduced in full.
What this article means
The officer who solemnized a marriage under Article 27 or Article 28 must send the original Article 29 affidavit, with a legible copy of the marriage contract, to the local civil registrar of the municipality where the marriage took place, within thirty days of the marriage.
This is the license-exempt counterpart to the transmittal duty Article 23 imposes on ordinarily licensed marriages — it puts the marriage on the public record even where no license was ever issued.
Related provisions
- Article 29 — the affidavit this article requires transmitting.
- Article 23 — the parallel duty for licensed marriages.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on the Article 30 transmittal deadline will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.