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. […]
Section 15-3-12. – Endorsement and return of license.
§ 15-3-12. Endorsement and return of license. (a) Every minister, elder, justice, warden, or other person who joins any persons in marriage, shall: (b) Endorse the “License and Certificate of Marriage” form, prescribed pursuant to § 15-2-7, presented to him or her by the persons, as provided in § 15-3-7, and certify that the persons […]
Section 15-3-13. – Filing of return of marriage.
§ 15-3-13. Filing of return of marriage. The town or city clerk to whom the return of marriage provided for in § 15-3-12 is sent shall carefully file and preserve the return. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 191, § 16; P.L. 1898, ch. 549, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 243, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. […]
Section 15-3-1 – — 15-3-4. Repealed.
§ 15-3-1 — 15-3-4. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 191, §§ 6, 6*, 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 243, §§ 6, 6*, 7; P.L. 1909, ch. 430, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 287, §§ 6, 7; P.L. 1927, ch. 1005, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 415, §§ 6, 7; G.L. 1956, §§ 15-3-1 — 15-3-4; […]
Section 15-3-5. – Officials empowered to join persons in marriage.
§ 15-3-5. Officials empowered to join persons in marriage. Every ordained clergy or elder in good standing; every justice of the supreme court, superior court, family court, workers’ compensation court, district court or traffic tribunal; the clerk of the supreme court; every clerk, administrative clerk, general chief clerk, or administrator of the supreme court, superior […]