(1) 
No marriage shall be performed under authority of the code unless the persons have first obtained a marriage license from the Court Clerk.
(2) 
Upon payment of a fee to be set by the Court, the Court Clerk shall issue a marriage license to persons who appear entitled to be married as provided in this Domestic Relations Code.
(3) 
The Court Clerk shall keep a public record of all marriage licenses and certificates issued.
(4) 
The marriage license, properly endorsed by the authorized person performing the marriage, shall be returned to the Court Clerk who shall issue a marriage certificate to the parties.
(5) 
The Court Clerk shall provide the persons with a form titled Washington State Certificate of Marriage, and once the form is completed, the Court Clerk shall sign it and submit it to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics.
(Res. 2013-346; Res. 2015-138; Res. 2015-504; Res. 2022-432)
(1) 
All marriages performed other than as provided for in this Domestic Relations Code, which are valid under the laws of the jurisdiction where and when performed, are valid within the jurisdiction of the Tribes.
(2) 
All marriages performed or entered into on the Reservation prior to the effective date of this chapter, including those perfected according to Tribal custom, are declared valid for all purposes under this code. Persons involved in such marriages may obtain a marriage certificate upon proof to the Court Clerk by affidavit or otherwise of the validity of their marriage, and payment of a fee to be set by the Court.
(3) 
Customary and common law marriages entered into subsequent to the adoption of this code shall not be recognized by Tribal law but may be recognized as valid if valid under the laws of the jurisdiction where and when performed.
(Res. 2013-346; Res. 2015-138; Res. 2015-504; Res. 2022-432)
No marriage license shall be issued or marriage performed unless the persons to be married meet the following qualifications:
(1) 
Both persons are at least 18 years of age;
(2) 
At least one of the persons to be married is an enrolled member of the Tulalip Tribes; and
(3) 
Neither person is a lineal descendant, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or first cousin to the other person.
(Res. 2013-346; Res. 2015-138; Res. 2015-504; Res. 2022-432)
(1) 
A marriage may be solemnized or performed by any of the following:
(a) 
Recognized clergyman or person recognized by his religion as having authority to marry;
(b) 
A judge or magistrate of the Tribal Court;
(c) 
Any person recognized by Washington State law as having authority to marry.
(2) 
No marriage solemnized or performed before any person professing to have authority to marry shall be invalid for want of such authority, if consummated in the belief of the persons involved or either of them that the officiant had such authority and that they have been lawfully married.
(Res. 2013-346; Res. 2015-138; Res. 2015-504; Res. 2022-432)
No particular form of marriage is required; provided, however, that the persons to be married must declare in the presence of the person performing the ceremony that they take each other as spouses, and the officiant must thereafter declare them to be spouses.
(Res. 2013-346; Res. 2015-138; Res. 2015-504; Res. 2022-432)
(1) 
Marriages between a person who is at the time of the marriage married to or in a registered domestic partnership with another person still living are void; provided, however, that such marriages will be considered valid until ruled otherwise by a court of competent jurisdiction if the person previously married:
(a) 
Actually believed, in good faith, that the prior marriage had been dissolved as a result of dissolution or declaration of invalidity; or
(b) 
Actually believed, in good faith, that his or her prior spouse was dead.
(2) 
If neither person is enrollable in the Tulalip Tribes or if either person is incapable as a result of some cause or mental dysfunction or legal incapacity to enter into the marital state and such cause appears to be permanent, or if the consent of either person was obtained by force or fraud, the marriage is voidable.
(Res. 2013-346; Res. 2015-138; Res. 2015-504; Res. 2022-432)
When a marriage is contracted in good faith and in the belief that it is a valid marriage, the children of such marriage born, conceived, or adopted prior to the voiding or receiving notice of the invalidity of the marriage for any reason shall be the legitimate children of both parents.
(Res. 2013-346; Res. 2015-138; Res. 2015-504; Res. 2022-432)
Property rights and liabilities of spouses as defined in this chapter shall be governed by the community property laws of the State of Washington except that trust or restricted lands subject to the jurisdiction of the United States may not be considered community property for purposes of disposition of property.
(Res. 2013-346; Res. 2015-138; Res. 2015-504; Res. 2022-432; Res. 2023-231)