Maryland Marriage Laws | § 2-401

Maryland Family Law 2-401

License required; penalty

(a) License required. -- An individual may not marry in this State without a license issued by the clerk for the county in which the marriage is performed. (b) Penalty. -- Any individual who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of $ 100.

An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 395; art. 62, § 4; 1984, ch. 296, § 2.

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