26.04.110 – Penalty for failure to deliver certificates.
RCW 26.04.110 Penalty for failure to deliver certificates. Any person solemnizing a marriage, who shall wilfully refuse or neglect to make and deliver to the county auditor for record, the certificates mentioned in RCW 26.04.090, within the time in such section specified, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall pay for […]
26.04.120 – Marriage according to religious ritual.
RCW 26.04.120 Marriage according to religious ritual. All marriages to which there are no legal impediments, solemnized before or in any religious organization or congregation, according to the established ritual or form commonly practiced therein, are valid, and a certificate containing the particulars specified in RCW 26.04.080 and 26.04.090, shall be made and filed for […]
26.04.130 – Voidable marriages.
RCW 26.04.130 Voidable marriages. When either party to a marriage shall be incapable of consenting thereto, for want of legal age or a sufficient understanding, or when the consent of either party shall be obtained by force or fraud, such marriage is voidable, but only at the suit of the party laboring under the disability, […]
26.04.140 – Marriage license.
RCW 26.04.140 Marriage license. Before any persons can be joined in marriage, they shall procure a license from a county auditor, as provided in RCW 26.04.150 through 26.04.190. [ 1985 c 82 § 1; 1939 c 204 § 2; RRS § 8450-1. Prior: Code 1881 § 2390; 1866 p 83 § 12.]
26.04.050 – Who may solemnize.
RCW 26.04.050 Who may solemnize. The following named officers and persons, active or retired, are hereby authorized to solemnize marriages, to wit: Justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, judges of the superior courts, supreme court commissioners, court of appeals commissioners, superior court commissioners, judges and commissioners of courts of limited […]
26.04.007 – Definition—Religious organization.
RCW 26.04.007 Definition—Religious organization. For purposes of this chapter, “religious organization” includes, but is not limited to, churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, nondenominational ministries, interdenominational and ecumenical organizations, mission organizations, faith-based social agencies, and other entities whose principal purpose is the study, practice, or advancement of religion. [ 2012 c 3 § 7 (Referendum Measure No. […]
26.04.010 – Marriage contract—Void marriages—Construction of gender-specific terms—Recognition of solemnization of marriage not required.
RCW 26.04.010 Marriage contract—Void marriages—Construction of gender-specific terms—Recognition of solemnization of marriage not required. (1) Marriage is a civil contract between two persons who have each attained the age of eighteen years, and who are otherwise capable. (2) Every marriage entered into in which either person has not attained the age of seventeen years is […]
26.04.020 – Prohibited marriages.
RCW 26.04.020 Prohibited marriages. (1) Marriages in the following cases are prohibited: (a) When either party thereto has a spouse or registered domestic partner living at the time of such marriage, unless the registered domestic partner is the other party to the marriage; or (b) When the spouses are nearer of kin to each other […]