Subsection 3: Powers exercised on behalf of the State.

The mayor may delegate to one or more permanent civil servants of the municipality all or part of the functions he performs as a civil registrar, except those provided for in Article 75 of the Civil Code. The acts drawn up within the framework of the functions thus delegated bear the sole signature of the delegated municipal official. The delegation order is sent to the prefect or sub-prefect as well…

When the mayor plans to allocate a communal building other than the communal home for the celebration of marriages, he shall inform the public prosecutor beforehand by sending him his draft allocation decision, accompanied by any useful documents enabling this magistrate to ensure that the conditions laid down in article L. 2121-30-1 are fulfilled. The public prosecutor has two months in which to inform the mayor of his reasoned opposition…