Section 572-11 - riage ceremony; license to solemnize; fees(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to perform a marriage ceremony within the State without first obtaining from the department of health a license to solemnize marriages. A standard license to solemnize marriages shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance. A short-term license to solemnize marriages shall be valid for sixty days from the date of issuance.(b) The fee for a standard license to solemnize marriages shall be $100 per year. The fee for a short-term license to solemnize marriages shall be $25 per sixty-day period. All fees received for the issuance of licenses to solemnize marriages shall be remitted to the director of health. Upon receipt of a fee for a license under this section, the director shall deposit:(1) For standard licenses, $75 to the vital statistics improvement special fund established under section 338-14.6, and $25 to the general fund; and(2) For short-term licenses, $20 to the vital statistics improvement special fund established under section 338-14.6, and $5 to the general fund.Amended by L 2023, c 206,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2023.CC 1859, §1283; RL 1925, §2949; am L 1929, c 104, §5; RL 1935, §4639; RL 1945, §12360; RL 1955, § 323-11; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS § 572-11; am L 1969, c 19, §1 License is necessary, but marriage may be presumed although no proof of license. Presumption is rebuttable.34 Haw. 161. Cited:16 Haw. 377, 379;74 Haw. 530,852 P.2d 44.