Kentucky Marriage Laws | § 402.080

Kentucky Revised Statutes 402.080

Marriage license required -- Who may issue

No marriage shall be solemnized without a license therefor. The license shall be issued by the clerk of the county in which the female resides at the time, unless the female is eighteen (18) years of age or over or a widow, and the license is issued on her application in person, in which case it may be issued by any county clerk.

History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 279, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 518, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 14. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2105.

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§ 402.005 Definition of marriage
§ 402.105 Marriage license valid for thirty days
§ 402.110 Marriage license to be uniform and completely filled out -- Exception under KRS 402.100.
§ 402.010 Degree of relationship that will bar marriage
§ 402.220 Return of license and certificate to clerk after ceremony
§ 402.030 Courts may declare certain marriages void
§ 402.040 Marriage in another state
§ 402.045 Same-sex marriage in another jurisdiction void and unenforceable
§ 402.070 Marriage not invalid for want of authority to solemnize
§ 402.080 Marriage license required -- Who may issue
§ 402.090 Soliciting persons to be married by particular person -- Sharing remuneration -- Solicitation by minister or justice of the peace
§ 402.100 Marriage license -- Marriage certificate -- Confidentiality of Social Security or other government-issued identification card numbers
§ 402.240 County judge/executive to issue license in absence of clerk
§ 402.250 Circuit Court may affirm or avoid marriage
§ 402.260 Marriage manual -- Preparation by Human Resources Coordinating Commission for distribution to marriage applicants
§ 402.310 Sickle Cell Disease Detection Act
§ 402.320 Marriage license applicants to be tested for trait or genetically transmitted disease affecting hemoglobin -- Counseling carriers
§ 402.340 Secretary for Health and Family Services to administer and enforce Sickle Cell Disease Detection Act
§ 402.230 Filing of marriage certificate -- Record of marriages
§ 402.020 Other prohibited marriages
§ 402.050 Who may solemnize marriage -- Persons present
§ 402.205 Petition to court by seventeen year old for permission to marry -- Evidentiary hearing -- Reasons for denying petition -- Effect of pregnancy -- Emancipation of minor -- Other court-imposed condition -- Fee.
§ 402.210 Requirements for issuance of license.
§ 402.990 Penalties