Kansas Marriage Laws | § 23-2517

Kansas Statutes Annotated 23-2517

Solemnizing marriage; persons not authorized; penalty

It shall be unlawful for any person not a duly authorized officiating person as provided by K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 23-2504 to perform the marriage ceremony in this state. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

History: L. 1945, ch. 196, § 2; L. 1968, ch. 207, § 6; July 1.

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