Arkansas Marriage Laws | § Ark. Const. Amend. 83 § 2.

Constitution Of The State Of Arkansas Of 1874 Ark. Const. Amend. 83 § 2.

Marital status.

Legal status for unmarried persons which is identical or substantially similar to marital status shall not be valid or recognized in Arkansas, except that the legislature may recognize a common law marriage from another state between a man and a woman.

Ballot Measure Proposed Amendment 3, 2004

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§ Ark. Const. Amend. 83 § 1. Marriage.
§ Ark. Const. Amend. 83 § 2. Marital status.
§ Ark. Const. Amendment 83, §3 Capacity, rights, obligations, privileges, and immunities.
§ 9-11-213 Persons who may solemnize marriages.
§ 9-11-101 Marriage a civil contract — Consent of parties.
§ 9-11-103 Minimum age — Exception.
§ 9-11-104 Minimum age — Lack of parental consent or misrepresentation of age — Annulment.
§ 9-11-106 Incestuous marriages — Penalties for entering into or solemnizing.
§ 9-11-107 Validity of foreign marriages.
§ 9-11-108 Presumption of spouse's death — Validity of subsequent marriage.
§ 9-11-109 Validity of same-sex marriages.
§ 9-11-202 Form of license.
§ 9-11-204 Issuance of license unlawfully — Penalty.
§ 9-11-206 Clerk's fees.
§ 9-11-207 Applicants for marriage licenses to be sober.
§ 9-11-208 License not issued to persons of the same sex.
§ 9-11-215 Marriage ceremony.
§ 9-11-210 Bond of applicant.
§ 9-11-212 Application without other's consent — Penalties — Damages.
§ 9-11-214 Recordation of credentials of clerical character.
§ 9-11-217 Failure to sign and return license at time of marriage — Penalty.
§ 9-11-219 False return or record — Penalty.
§ 9-11-221 Certified copies of record as evidence.
§ 9-11-301 Execution of contract.
§ 9-11-302 Acknowledgment or proof.
§ 9-11-801 Title.
§ 9-11-304 Effect of unrecorded contract.
§ 9-11-305 Contract or copy as evidence — Conclusiveness.
§ 9-11-701 Persons acting for clerk.
§ 9-11-702 Marriages performed by mayors.
§ 9-11-703 Recordation of credentials of clerical character — Applicability of § 9-11-214.
§ 9-11-704 Marriages solemnized out of county.
§ 9-11-706 Marriage before entry of divorce decree.
§ 9-11-705 Marriages solemnized by municipal court judges.
§ 9-11-803 Covenant marriage.
§ 9-11-805 Form of affidavit.
§ 9-11-806 Other applicable rules.
§ 9-11-809 Suit against spouse — Separation.
§ 9-11-810 Effects of separation.
§ 9-11-811 Informational pamphlet.
§ 9-11-211 Military personnel — Waiver of certain license requirements — Proceedings.
§ 9-11-201 Licenses required.
§ 9-11-216 Solemnization contrary to law — Penalty.
§ 9-11-203 Issuance by clerks.
§ 9-11-102 Minimum age — Parental consent — Definition.
§ 9-11-802 Definitions.
§ 9-11-105 Marriage of underage parties voidable.
§ 9-11-209 Proof of age — Parental consent.
§ 9-11-807 Applicability to already married couples.
§ 9-11-205 Notice of intention to wed — Noncompliance, penalties, and effect.
§ 9-11-220 Duty of clerk on return of license — Issuance of certificate.
§ 9-11-303 Recordation — Effect.
§ 9-11-804 Content of declaration of intent.
§ 9-11-808 Divorce or separation.
§ 9-11-218 Return of executed license to clerk — Effect on bond.
§ 14-20-111 Marriage license fees.