After a unanimous approval by the City council in February, Salt Lake City has started registering domestic partners.

Earlier this month, the state’s House of Representatives gave its consent of the ordinance granting the list as long as it was not called a “domestic partner registry.” It is now called a “mutual commitment registry.”

According to 365 Gay, the registry is a campaign promise from Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker.

The registry is open to adult unmarried couples who live together in an interdependent relationship.

They must provide the City Recorder’s Office with three pieces of proof of interdependence. That could be a joint mortgage or lease, joint vehicle ownership, a life insurance policy designating the partner as beneficiary, joint bank account, or power of attorney.

After registering couples will receive a certificate from the city.

Becker’s spokesperson said that the certificate could be used to affirm a relationship to be eligible for domestic partner health insurance at companies that officer such plans.

Registered couples also would have visitation rights at city hospitals when a partner is ill and it would give partners family rights at facilities operated by the city.