2.86.020 Registration prerequisites.
The city of Lacey shall add to the Domestic Partnership Registry a domestic partnership after receipt of an application for registration of domestic partnership signed under oath and acknowledged by both partners attesting to the following:
A. Neither of the individuals is married.
B. The individuals are in a relationship of mutual support, caring and commitment.
C. Both of the individuals are of the age of eighteen years or older.
D. The individuals are not related in blood closer than would bar marriage in the State of Washington.
E. Each of the individuals is the other’s sole domestic partner.
F. Both applicants are residents of the city of Lacey.
G. Both applicants acknowledge that neither filing the application nor the issuance by the city of Lacey of a registration certificate shall constitute a marriage or marriage certificate.
H. Both individuals acknowledge that such registration or the issuance of a registration certificate does not afford their relationship any new or different legal status nor create any new or different legal rights or responsibilities.
I. Such application and registration are not intended to either establish or provide evidence of any contractual relationship or contractual obligation between the partners.
J. Such domestic partnership registration is a public record subject to public disclosure in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 42.17 of the Revised Code of Washington. (Ord. 1129 §1, 2000).