§ 47B-1.  Creation of domestic partnership.

		A.Any two individuals may execute and file with the City Clerk a statement of domestic partnership in which each individual as to himself or herself declares the following:

		(1)The individuals are at least 18 years of age.

		(2)The individuals are competent to enter into a contract.

		(3)The individuals are not married in any jurisdiction.

		(4)The individuals currently live together and have lived together continuously for at least six months immediately prior to filing the statement.

		(5)The individuals intend to continue to live together.

		(6)The individuals are committed to the physical, emotional and financial care and support of each other.

		(7)The individuals are financially interdependent.

		(8)The individuals share with each other the common necessities and tasks of one household.

		(9)The individuals have represented to persons outside their domestic partnership that they are domestic partners.

		(10)The individuals are each other's sole domestic partner, and each has no other domestic partner.

		(11)The individuals intend to remain each other's sole domestic partner.

		(12)The individuals have not terminated a statement of domestic partnership, or its equivalent in another jurisdiction, within six months immediately prior to filing the statement.

		B.A statement of domestic partnership shall be executed before the City Clerk or a deputy by both individuals under oath and penalty of perjury as to each of its declarations and shall be subscribed by the Clerk or a deputy. The City Clerk may require documentary evidence or testimony under oath in support of one or more of the declarations, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the City Clerk.