§ 41-4. Registration of a domestic partnership.

(a)

Registration. A valid domestic partnership may be registered by two persons in a committed domestic relationship by filing an affidavit of domestic partnership with the county clerk's office. The affidavit must be signed under oath and notarized in the presence of the county clerk or his or her designee. The affidavit shall comply with all requirements for establishing a domestic partnership as described in this article. Upon payment of any required fees, the county clerk's office shall file the affidavit of domestic partnership and issue a certificate and laminated card reflecting the registration of the affidavit in the county registry.

(b)

Affidavit. An affidavit of domestic partnership shall contain the name and address of each domestic partner, the signature of each partner, the signatures of two witnesses, and each partner shall swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that each partner:

(1)

Is at least 18 years old and competent to contract;

(2)

Is not married;

(3)

Is the sole domestic partner of the other person as the term domestic partner is defined in this article;

(4)

Is not related by blood to the other partner as defined in Florida law;

(5)

Consents to the domestic partnership without force, duress or fraud;

(6)

Agrees to be jointly responsible in the support of a domestic partnership as defined in this article;

(7)

Designates his or her domestic partner as his or her healthcare surrogate, his or her agent to direct the disposition of remains for funeral, cremation or burial, and his or her pre-need guardian, by initialing the face of the affidavit in the specified location;

(8)

Considers himself or herself to be in a committed domestic relationship with the other partner, under circumstances satisfying the definition of domestic relationship as defined in this chapter.

(c)

Documentation. As evidence of identity, one of the following documents must be presented by both partners for review by the county clerk along with the affidavit of domestic partnership: A Florida driver's license, a Florida identification card, a United States passport, or any other document listed in the Governor's Reference Manual for Notaries, as satisfactory evidence.

(d)

Amendment. Partners in a domestic partnership may file an amendment to the domestic partnership certificate and laminated card issued by the county clerk to reflect a change in either partner's legal name. Amendments shall be signed by both domestic partners under oath and notarized in the presence of the county clerk or his or her designee.

(Ord. No. 2012-09, § I, 5-17-12)