Affidavit of marriage/domestic partnership
Seattle Mun. Code § 4.30.020
in effect4.30.020 - Affidavit of marriage/domestic partnership
The documentation sufficient to qualify an officer or employee to use sick leave or funeral leave or family and medical leave as contemplated in subsection 4.30.010.A shall consist of an affidavit in a form prescribed and furnished by the Seattle Human Resources Director, on which such officer or employee dates and signs his or her name and:
A. Attests:
1. If married, that he or she is currently married to the individual identified by name on said form; or
2. If participating in a domestic partnership, that:
a. He or she and his or her domestic partner (who shall be identified, by name, on such form) share the same regular and permanent residence, have a close personal relationship, and have agreed to be jointly responsible for basic living expenses incurred during the domestic partnership,
b. They are not married to anyone,
c. They are 18 years of age or older,
d. They are not related by blood closer than would bar marriage in the State of Washington,
e. They were mentally competent to consent to contract when their domestic partnership began,
f. They are each other's sole domestic partner and are responsible for each other's common welfare; and
g. Any prior domestic partnership in which he or his or her domestic partner participated with a third party was terminated not less than 90 days prior to the date of such affidavit, or by the death of that third party, whichever was earlier, and, if such earlier domestic partnership had been acknowledged pursuant to subsection 4.30.010.A or 4.30.010.B, that notice of the termination of such earlier domestic partnership was provided to the City pursuant to Section 4.30.030 not less than 90 days prior to the date of such affidavit;
B. Agrees to notify the City if there is a change of the circumstances attested to in the affidavit; and
C. Affirms, under penalty of law, that the assertions in the affidavit are true.
D. "Basic living expenses" as used in subsection 4.30.020.A.2.a means the cost of basic food, shelter, and any other expense of a domestic partner that is paid at least in part by a program or benefit for the partner qualified because of the domestic partnership. The individuals need not contribute equally or jointly to the cost of these expenses as long as they agree that both are responsible for the cost.
(Ord. 124567, § 63, 2014 [department head name change and other cleanup]; Ord. 121029, § 2, 2002; Ord. 116761, § 3, 1993; Ord. 114648, § 6(part), 1989.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT4PE_CH4.30DOELCEUSSILEFULE_4.30.020AFMADOPAFetched: 11/1/2026