§ 12-121. Registration of domestic partnerships.

(a)

A domestic partnership may be registered by any two (2) persons by filing for such domestic partnership with the Hillsborough County Clerk of the Circuit Court. The clerk will maintain an online searchable database of the domestic partnerships which have been registered within Hillsborough County.

(b)

An affidavit of domestic partnership shall contain the name and address of each domestic partner, the signature of each partner, the signatures of two (2) witnesses for each partner signature, and each partner shall swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that:

(1)

Each person is at least eighteen (18) years old and competent to contract;

(2)

Neither person is currently married under Florida law or is a partner in a domestic partnership or a member of civil union with anyone other than the co- applicant;

(3)

They are not related by blood as defined in Florida law;

(4)

Each person considers himself or herself to be a member of the immediate family of the other partner and to be jointly responsible for maintaining and supporting the registered domestic partnership;

(5)

The partners reside together in a mutual residence;

(6)

Each person agrees to immediately notify the city clerk, in writing, if the terms of the registered domestic partnership are no longer applicable or one of the domestic partners wishes to terminate the domestic partnership; and

(7)

Each person expressly declares their desire and intent to designate their domestic partner as their healthcare surrogate and as their agent to direct the disposition of their body for funeral and burial.

(c)

Any partner to a domestic partnership may file an amendment with the clerk to reflect a change in his or her legal name or address. Amendments shall be signed by both members of the registered domestic partnership under oath.

(Ord. No. 2012-37, § 3, 4-5-2012; Ord. No. 2015-23, § 2, 3-5-2015)