Marriage Laws associated with Fifty States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico

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This table links towards the wedding regulations regarding the states and tries to summarize several of their salient points. Those enthusiastic about the wedding legislation of the jurisdiction that is particular review its legislation straight as opposed to count on this summary which could never be completely accurate or complete.

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State	typical Law Marriage	chronilogical age of permission to marry		Medical exams		Marriage permit
State	typical Law Marriage	Age with parental permission	Age without parental permission	Max. duration between exam and license	range of medical exam	Waiting period before license	Duration of permit credibility (expiration)
Alabama- Title 30, Chapter 1	Yes	16 a, b	18	–	–	–	thirty days
Alaska- Title 25, Chapter 5	No	16 c	18	–	–	3 days, d	a couple of months
Arizona- Chapter 1, Article 1	No	16 c (2)	18	–	–	–	1 Arkansas- Title 9, Subtitle 2, § 11	No year	18	–	–	f	–
California- Family Code, §§ 300-500	No	b, g	18	1 month, d, h	–	–	ninety days
Colorado- §§ 14-2-105 thru 14-2-110	Yes	16 c	18	–	–	–	1 month
Connecticut- Title 46b, § 815e	No	16 c (2)	18	–	i	4 days, d	65 days
Delaware- Title 13, Chapter 1	No	18	–	–	twenty four hours, j	1 month
Florida- Title 43, Chapter 741	No	16 a, ag ag e	18	–	–	–	60 times
Georgia- §§ 19-3-1 thru 19-3-68	No gg	16 ag ag e, k	18	–	i	3 times, l	thirty days
Hawaii- § 572	No	15 k	18	–	–	—-	thirty days
Idaho- § 32-301 thru 32-501	No gg	16 c	18	–	m, n	–	–
Illinois- Chapter 750, CS 5, Part II	No	16 o	18	–	p	one day	60 days
Indiana- Title 31, Article 11	No gg	17 e	18	–	q	–	60 times
Iowa- Chapter 595	Yes	16 k	18	–	–	3 times	–
Kansas- Chapter 23, Article 1	Yes	16 c (2)	18	–	–	3 times, d	half a year
Kentucky- Chapter 402	No	18 k	18	–	–	–	thirty days
Louisiana- Title IV, Chapter 1 (Civil Code 86)	No	18 c	18	10 times	–	–	–
Maine- Title 19, Chapter 23	No	16 c	18	–	–	3 times, d, f	3 months
Maryland- §§ 2-201 thru 2-503	No	16 e, r	18	–	–	48 hours, d	six months
Massachusetts- Title III, Chapter 207	No	Male-14 k Female-12 k	18	3-60 days, s	–	3 times, f	60 times
Michigan- Chapter 551	No	16	18	–	–	3 times, d	33 days after application
Minnesota- Chapter 517	No	16 k	18	–	–	5 times, d	a few months
Mississippi- Title 93, Chapter 1	No	g, k	1 month	t	3 times, d	–
Missouri- Chapter 451	No	15 u	18	–	–	–	thirty day period
Montana- Title 40, Chapter 1	Yes	16 k	18	–	t	–	180 times
Nebraska- Chapter 42	No	17	19	–	i	–	one year
Nevada- Title 11, Chapter 122	No	16 c	18	–	–	–	12 months
brand New Hampshire- Title 43, Chapter 457	No	Male- 14 v Female- 13 v	18	–	–	3 times, d, f	3 months
New Jersey- Title 37	No	16 c, e	18	–	–	72 hours, d	30 times
brand brand New Mexico- Chapter 40, Article 1	No	16 ag ag e, u	18	30 days	t	–	–
brand brand New York- Domestic Relations (Chapter 14), Articles 1 and 2	No	16 v	18	–	w	24 hours	60 times
new york- Chapter 51	No	16 e	18	–	–	–	–
North Dakota- Chapter 14-03	No	16	18	–	–	–	60 times
Ohio- Title 31, Chapter 3101	No gg	Male-18 k Female-16 c, ag e	18	–	–	5 times, d, x	60 times
Oklahoma- 43-3	No gg	16 c, e	18	30 days, d	t	y	30 times
Oregon- Title 11-106	No	17 z	18	–	–	3 days, d	60 days
Pennsylvania- Title 23, Part 1	No gg	16 u	18	1 month	t	3 times, d	60 days
Rhode Island- Title 15, Chapters 15-1 thru 15-3	Yes	18	–	aa	–	three months
sc- Title 20, Chapter 1	Yes	16 e	18	–	–	one day	–
Southern Dakota- Title 25, Chapters 1 and 2	No	16 ag e	18	–	–	–	20 times
Tennessee- Title 36, Chapter 3	No	16 u	18	–	–	3 times, d, bb	30 days
Texas- Title 1, Subtitles A and B	Yes	16 k, v	18	–	–	cc	thirty days
Utah- Title 30, Chapter 1	Yes	16 a	18 dd	–	–	–	thirty days
Vermont- Title 15, Chapter 1	No	16 k	18	thirty day period, d	t	one day, d	–
Virginia- Title 20, Chapter 2	No	16 a, e	18	–	ee	–	60 times
Washington- Title 26, Chapter 4	No	17 u	18	–	ff	3 times	60 times
western Virginia- Chapter 48, Article 1	No	18 ag ag ag e	18	–	t	3 times, d	–
Wisconsin- Chapter 765 thru 767	No	16	18	–	letter	5 times, d	30 days
Wyoming- Title 20, Chapter 1	No	16 u	18	–	i	–	–
District of Columbia- Division VIII, Title 46, Subtitle 1, Chapter 4	Yes	16 a	18	thirty days	t	3 times, d	–
Puerto Rico	No	Male-18 c, e, u Female-16 c, ag e, u	Male- 21 Female- 21 e	–	t	–	–

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(a) Parental permission maybe maybe not needed if small was once hitched.
(b) Other requirements that are statutory.
(c) more youthful parties may marry with parental permission.
(c) (2) Younger parties may marry with parental and judicial permission.
(d) Waiting period could be prevented
( ag ag ag e) Younger parties may get permit in the event of maternity or delivery of son or daughter.
(f) Parties must register notice of intention to marry with neighborhood clerk.
(g) No age limitations
(h) whenever unmarried guy and unmarried girl, perhaps not minors, have now been living together as guy and wife, they could, without wellness certification, be hitched upon issuance of appropriate authorization.
(i) Venereal infection and rubella (for feminine)
(j) Residents, before expiration of twenty-four hour waiting duration; non-residents, before expiration of 96 hour waiting duration.
(k) Parental consent and/or permission of judge needed.
(l) Unless events are 18 several years of age or higher, or female is expecting, or candidates will be the moms and dads of a residing child created away from wedlock.
(m) Rubella for female; there are specific exceptions, and region judge may waive examination that is medical proof that crisis exists.
(letter) candidates must get informative data on AIDS and certify having see clearly.
(o) Judicial permission might be offered whenever moms and dads will not consent.
(p) Venereal conditions; test for sickle cellular anemia offered at request of examining doctor.
(q) Any unsterilized feminine under 50 must submit with application for permit a medical report saying whether she had immunological reaction to rubella, or perhaps a written record that the rubella vaccine had been administered on or after her very very first birthday celebration. Judge may by purchase dispense with one of these demands.
(r) If events are in minimum 16 years, evidence of age and permission of events in individual are needed. In case a parent is sick an affidavit by the incapacitated moms and dad and a physician’s affidavit needed.
(s) Doctor’s certificate should be filed 1 month prior to see of intention.
(t) Venereal conditions. In WV and okay, Circuit court judge might waive requirement
(u) Younger parties may get permit in unique circumstances.
(v) Below chronilogical age of permission parties require parental permission and authorization of judge, no younger than 14 for males and 13 for females.
(w) Tests for sickle mobile are needed.
(x) Applicants under age 18 must suggest that they usually have had wedding guidance.
(y) If one or both events are below the age for wedding without parental permission, three time period that is waiting.
(z) If an event does not have any parent living within state, and something celebration has residence in state for half a year, no authorization needed.
(aa) real assessment and bloodstream test needed; offer of HIV counseling needed.
(bb) Unless parties are over 18 years old.
(cc) 72 hour waiting duration after issuance of permit.
(dd) Authorizes counties to offer for premarital guidance as a prerequisite to issuance of license to people under 18 and people formerly divorced.
(ee) needed offer of HIV test, and/or must certanly be supplied with information about AIDS and tests available.
(ff) No exam needed, but events must register affidavit of non-affiliction with contagious venereal illness.
(gg) No common-law wedding may be entered into, however these states recognize typical legislation marriages that have been entered into before these dates:
- Georgia- joined into ahead of January 1, 1997 are recognized,
- Idaho- joined into just before 1, 1997 are recognized january,
- Indiana- joined into just before January 1, 1958 are recognized,
- Ohio- entered into just before 10, 1991 are recognized october,
- Oklahoma – entered into just before November 1, 1998 are recognized, present situation unclear,
- Pennsylvania- entered into just before September 17, 2003 (see PNC Bank Corp. v. W.C.A. B., 831 A.2d 1269 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2003) or perhaps January 1, 2005 (see 2004 home Bill No. 2719) are recognized.
(hh) Minimum age for common-law wedding determined to be 12; legislature instituted minimum chronilogical age of 18 for marriages started on or after September 1, 2006

Supply: located in component on a chart when you look at the World Almanac and Book of Facts, World Almanac Books, 1999. Entries have already been updated through analysis the statutes and links included allowing consultation that is direct of state statutes.