{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:537","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Competent Civil Status Officer","number":"537","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/537/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II - FAMILY","title":"TITLE I. - BONDS OF RELATIONSHIP BY CONSANGUINITY AND BY AFFINITY.","chapter":"Chapter 3. - Celebration of Marriage","section":"Section 2. - Civil Marriage","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Civil marriages shall be celebrated before the civil status officer of the commune where one of the spouses, or one of his parents or ascendants, has his residence established by continuously living there for not less than six months prior to the date of the marriage.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/537/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":149,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/149/?article=537&paragraph=lead#article-537-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}