Maine Marriage Laws § 19-A:652

1. Marriage license issued. After the filing of notice of intentions of marriage, except as otherwise provided, the clerk or the State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall deliver to the parties a marriage license specifying the time when the intentions were recorded. [PL 2019, c. 340, §8 (AMD).]

2. Marriage license to nonresidents. [PL 2001, c. 574, §4 (RP).]

3. Void after 90 days. The license is void if not used within 90 days from the day the intentions were filed in accordance with section 651. [PL 2019, c. 340, §9 (AMD).]

4. Expedited procedure. [PL 2001, c. 574, §4 (RP).]

5. REPEALED. Informational brochure. [PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. E, §2 (AFF); PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD); PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6 (REV)., 2025]

6. Related parties. A marriage license may not be issued to parties related as described in section 701, subsection 2, unless the clerk or State Registrar of Vital Statistics has received from the parties the physician's certificate of genetic counseling required by section 651. [PL 2019, c. 340, §10 (AMD).]

7. Repealed.

8. Parties under 18 years of age. The clerk or State Registrar of Vital Statistics may not issue a marriage license to a person under 18 years of age. A. [PL 2019, c. 535, §1 (RP).] B. [PL 2019, c. 535, §1 (RP).] C. [PL 2019, c. 535, §1 (RP).] [PL 2019, c. 340, §11 (AMD); PL 2019, c. 535, §1 (AMD).]

PL 1995, c. 694, §B2 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 507, §1 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 507, §4 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 683, §E5 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 683, §E6 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 574, §§3,4 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2019, c. 340, §§8-11 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 535, §1 (AMD).; 2023 c.116 (AMD); Amended 2025 LD83, 2025 LD1185

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