Section 517.23 — Meaning Of Civil Marriage.
517.23 MEANING OF CIVIL MARRIAGE. Wherever the term “marriage,” “marital,” “marry,” or “married” is used in Minnesota statute in reference to the rights, obligations, or privileges of a couple under law, the term includes civil marriage, or individuals subject to civil marriage, as established by this chapter. A term subject to this definition must also […]
Section 517.14 — Illegal Civil Marriage; False Certificate; Penalty.
517.14 ILLEGAL CIVIL MARRIAGE; FALSE CERTIFICATE; PENALTY. A person authorized by law to solemnize civil marriages who knowingly solemnizes a civil marriage contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or knowing of any legal impediment to the proposed civil marriage, or who willfully makes a false certificate of any civil marriage or pretended civil marriage […]
Section 517.15 — Unauthorized Person Performing Ceremony.
517.15 UNAUTHORIZED PERSON PERFORMING CEREMONY. A person who knowingly undertakes to solemnize a civil marriage, without lawful authority to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: (8576) RL s 3565; 1978 c 772 s 12; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 74 s 9
Section 517.16 — Immaterial Irregularity Of Officiating Person Does Not Void.
517.16 IMMATERIAL IRREGULARITY OF OFFICIATING PERSON DOES NOT VOID. A civil marriage solemnized before a person professing to be lawfully authorized to do so shall not be adjudged to be void, nor shall its validity be in any way affected, on account of a want of jurisdiction or authority in the supposed officer or person, […]
Section 517.01 — Civil Marriage Contract.
517.01 CIVIL MARRIAGE CONTRACT. A civil marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, is a civil contract between two persons, to which the consent of the parties, capable in law of contracting, is essential. A lawful civil marriage may be contracted only when a license has been obtained as provided by law […]
Section 517.18 — Civil Marriage Solemnization.
517.18 CIVIL MARRIAGE SOLEMNIZATION. Subdivision 1. Friends or Quakers. All civil marriages solemnized among the people called Friends or Quakers, in the form heretofore practiced and in use in their meetings, shall be valid and not affected by any of the foregoing provisions. The clerk of the meeting in which such civil marriage is solemnized, […]
Section 517.02 — Persons Capable Of Contracting.
517.02 PERSONS CAPABLE OF CONTRACTING. A person who has attained the full age of 18 years is capable in law of contracting into a civil marriage, if otherwise competent. History: (8563) RL s 3553; 1927 c 166; 1949 c 374 s 1; 1963 c 795 s 1; 1967 c 506 s 1; 1973 c 725 […]
Section 517.20 — Application.
517.20 APPLICATION. Except as provided in section 517.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), all marriages contracted within this state prior to March 1, 1979 or outside this state that were valid at the time of the contract or subsequently validated by the laws of the place in which they were contracted or by the domicile of […]
Section 517.03 — Prohibited Civil Marriages.
517.03 PROHIBITED CIVIL MARRIAGES. Subdivision 1. General. (a) The following civil marriages are prohibited: (1) a civil marriage entered into before the dissolution of an earlier civil marriage of one of the parties becomes final, as provided in section 518.145 or by the law of the jurisdiction where the dissolution was granted; (2) a civil […]
Section 517.201 — Relationship To Other Law; Rules Of Construction.
517.201 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. Subdivision 1. Religious freedom; Human Rights Act. (a) This chapter does not alter or affect the protections or exemptions provided in chapter 363A for a religious association, educational institution, business, labor organization, place of public accommodation, employer, or other person. (b) This chapter must not be construed […]