Section 15-3-15. – Marriages valid despite irregularities — Penalty for marriage without compliance.
§ 15-3-15. Marriages valid despite irregularities — Penalty for marriage without compliance. (a) No marriage solemnized before a person professing to have a license to join persons in marriage as required by this chapter, or professing to be a justice of the supreme, superior, or family court, or a warden of the town of New […]
Section 15-3-16. – Solemnization of marriage without authority.
§ 15-3-16. Solemnization of marriage without authority. Every person who solemnizes a marriage without being legally authorized to do so shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500). History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 191, § 23; P.L. 1898, ch. 549, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 243, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 287, § 23; G.L. 1938, […]
Section 15-3-17. – Court orders regarding invalid marriages.
§ 15-3-17. Court orders regarding invalid marriages. If, as the result of a court decision pursuant to chapter 6 of title 11, chapters 1 — 3 of this title, or chapter 3 of title 23, any marriage which has occurred in Rhode Island is declared invalid, the court shall order the state registrar of vital […]
Section 15-3-6. – Marriages after the manner of Friends, according to Jewish rites, or spiritual assembly of Baha’is.
§ 15-3-6. Marriages after the manner of Friends, according to Jewish rites, or spiritual assembly of Baha’is. Any marriage which may be had and solemnized among the people called Quakers, or Friends, in the manner and form used or practiced in their societies, or among persons professing the Jewish religion, according to their rites and […]
Section 15-3-6.1. – Protection of freedom of religion in marriage.
§ 15-3-6.1. Protection of freedom of religion in marriage. (a) Consistent with the guarantees of freedom of religion set forth by both the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 3 of the Rhode Island Constitution, each religious institution has exclusive control over its own religious doctrine, policy, and teachings regarding […]
Section 15-3-7. – Presentation of marriage license.
§ 15-3-7. Presentation of marriage license. No minister, elder, justice, warden, or other person shall join any person in marriage until the persons to be married have presented to him or her the license named in chapter 2 of this title, and he or she has signed the certificate appended to the license. History of […]
Section 15-3-8. – Witnesses to ceremony.
§ 15-3-8. Witnesses to ceremony. The solemnization of marriage shall be in the presence of at least two (2) witnesses besides the minister, elder, justice, or warden officiating. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 191, § 17; P.L. 1898, ch. 549, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 243, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 287, § 17; G.L. […]
Section 15-3-9. – Statement of objections to marriage.
§ 15-3-9. Statement of objections to marriage. If any person has any lawful objection to the marriage of any two (2) persons, he or she may state the objection in writing, under his or her hand, to the minister, elder, justice, or warden about to solemnize the marriage, at which time the minister, elder, justice, […]
Section 15-3-10. – Penalty for marriage without license or despite impediment.
§ 15-3-10. Penalty for marriage without license or despite impediment. Every minister, elder, justice, warden, or other person who joins persons in marriage, without first receiving the license required by chapter 2 of this title, containing the required information, or whenever the solemnization of the marriage has been lawfully objected to and the impediment is […]
Section 15-3-11. – Knowingly performing bigamous marriage.
§ 15-3-11. Knowingly performing bigamous marriage. Every person authorized by law to join persons in marriage, who joins in marriage any woman or man that he or she knows to have a husband or wife living, shall be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000). History of Section.G.L. […]