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 517.10 — Certificate; Witnesses.
517.10 CERTIFICATE; WITNESSES. The person solemnizing a civil marriage shall prepare and sign a certificate. The certificate shall contain the full names of the parties before and after the civil marriage, the birth dates of the parties, and county and state of residences of the parties and the date and place of the civil marriage. […]
Section 517.101 — Certified Copies Of Civil Marriage Certificate.
517.101 CERTIFIED COPIES OF CIVIL MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Within ten days of receipt of the certificate and after recording the certificate the local registrar shall prepare a certified copy of the certificate to be mailed to the married parties. History: 1977 c 441 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1991 […]
Section 517.13 — Penalty For Failure To File Certificate.
517.13 PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO FILE CERTIFICATE. Every person solemnizing a civil marriage who neglects to file a certificate with the local registrar within the time set forth in section 517.10 shall forfeit a sum not exceeding $100, and every local registrar who neglects to record a certificate shall forfeit a like sum. History: (8574) […]
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 […]