Section 551.201 – Issuance of Marriage License Without Publicity; Conditions; Application; Notice; Consent; Exceptions; Order.
551.201 Issuance of marriage license without publicity; conditions; application; notice; consent; exceptions; order. Sec. 1. (1) When a person desires to keep the exact date of his or her marriage to a person of the opposite sex a secret, the judge of probate may issue, without publicity, a marriage license to any person making application, […]
Section 551.202 – Application for Marriage License; Form; Fee; Performing Marriage Ceremony; Permit; Record; Marriage Certificate; Execution of Papers in Duplicate; Delivery of Marriage Certificate to Parties.
551.202 Application for marriage license; form; fee; performing marriage ceremony; permit; record; marriage certificate; execution of papers in duplicate; delivery of marriage certificate to parties. Sec. 2. Each application made under this act for a marriage license shall be in the usual form and shall be accompanied by a fee of $3.00, $2.00 of which […]
Repealed – Act 207 of 1937 – Antenuptial Physical Examination (551.151 – 551.154)
ANTENUPTIAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONAct 207 of 1937551.151-551.154 Repealed. 1972, Act 272, Imd. Eff. Oct. 11, 1972;—1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1979.
Section 551.203 – Private File of Papers; Forwarding Duplicate to State Registrar; Recordation of Filing in Private Register; Inspection of Files and Records; Request and Identification; Court Order; Petition to Unseal Marriage Record; Court Order; Findings; Petition by Surviving Party; Forwarding Copy of License and Marriage Certificate to County Clerk; Access.
551.203 Private file of papers; forwarding duplicate to state registrar; recordation of filing in private register; inspection of files and records; request and identification; court order; petition to unseal marriage record; court order; findings; petition by surviving party; forwarding copy of license and marriage certificate to county clerk; access. Sec. 3. (1) The judge of […]
Section 551.204 – Privileged Communications; Violation of Confidence as Misdemeanor; Publicity as Misdemeanor; Penalties; Libel Action; Neglecting to Make Proper Return; Section Inapplicable to License Unsealed Under Section 3(2) or (3).
551.204 Privileged communications; violation of confidence as misdemeanor; publicity as misdemeanor; penalties; libel action; neglecting to make proper return; section inapplicable to license unsealed under section 3(2) or (3). Sec. 4. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), all knowledge of facts that come to the judge of probate, state registrar or an agent or […]
Section 551.251 – Legal Marriage of Minor; Parental and Marital Rights and Duties; Guardian Ad Litem.
551.251 Legal marriage of minor; parental and marital rights and duties; guardian ad litem. Sec. 1. Hereafter the legal marriage of a minor shall release such minor from parental control; and the husband or wife of a minor, so released, shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges, and such minor shall be […]
Section 551.271 – Marriages Solemnized in Another State Validated.
551.271 Marriages solemnized in another state validated. Sec. 1. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a marriage contracted between a man and a woman who are residents of this state and who were, at the time of the marriage, legally competent to contract marriage according to the laws of this state, which marriage […]
Section 551.105 – County Clerk; Violation of Act, Misdemeanor, Penalty.
551.105 County clerk; violation of act, misdemeanor, penalty. Sec. 5. Any county clerk who shall refuse to give a license to persons properly applying and legally entitled to be married, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine […]
Section 551.106 – Person Officiating at Marriage; Violation of Act, Misdemeanor, Penalty.
551.106 Person officiating at marriage; violation of act, misdemeanor, penalty. Sec. 6. Any clergyman or magistrate who shall join together in marriage parties who have not delivered to him a properly issued license, as provided for in this act, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be adjudged guilty of […]
Section 551.107 – Failure to Return Certificate; Misdemeanor, Penalty.
551.107 Failure to return certificate; misdemeanor, penalty. Sec. 7. Any person, whose duty it shall be to return a marriage certificate to the county clerk, who shall neglect to return said certificate, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding 100 dollars or 90 days’ imprisonment, […]