Michigan Compiled Laws 551.16
Want of jurisdiction or authority to solemnize marriage; affect on marriage
A marriage solemnized before an individual professing to be a district judge, common pleas court judge, district court magistrate, municipal judge, judge of probate, judge of a federal court, mayor, the county clerk or, in a county having more than 2,000,000 inhabitants, an employee of the county clerk designated by the clerk to solemnize marriages, or a minister of the gospel or cleric or religious practitioner shall not be considered or adjudged to be void, nor shall the validity of the marriage be affected, on account of a want of jurisdiction or authority by that individual if the marriage was consummated with a full belief on the part of the individuals married, or either of them, that they were lawfully joined in marriage.
R.S. 1846, Ch. 83 ;-- CL 1857, 3219 ;-- CL 1871, 4730 ;-- How. 6220 ;-- CL 1897, 8599 ;-- CL 1915, 11373 ;-- CL 1929, 12701 ;-- CL 1948, 551.16 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 211, Eff. July 1, 1972 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 175, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1975 ;-- Am. 1979, Act 24, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1979 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 419, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2006
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§ 551.7
Persons authorized to solemnize marriage; records; return of licenses and certificates; disposition of fees charged by mayor or county clerk
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§ 551.202
Application for marriage license; form; fee; performing marriage ceremony; permit; record; marriage certificate; execution of papers in duplicate; delivery of marriage certificate to parties
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§ 551.9
Solemnization of marriage; form; declaration by parties; witnesses
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Want of jurisdiction or authority to solemnize marriage; affect on marriage
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§ 551.101
Marriage license; requirements; place to obtain, delivery to person officiating
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§ 551.110
License, certificate or certified copy record as evidence
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§ 551.103
Persons capable of contracting marriage; age requirement; proof of age; filling out license; written consent; compliance; filing consent; signing, certification, and copy of license; fee; allocation for family counseling services; return and disposition of unexpended funds; waiver of fee; additional fee for nonresidents; delivery of license and certificate to officiating individual; recording information; forwarding licenses and certificates to state registrar; imposition of fee by certain charter counties
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§ 551.201
Issuance of marriage license without publicity; conditions; application; notice; consent; exceptions; order
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§ 551.271
Marriages solemnized in another state validated
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§ 551.251
Legal marriage of minor; parental and marital rights and duties; guardian ad litem.
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§ 551.1
Marriage between individuals of same sex as invalid contract
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§ 551.3
Incapacity; persons man prohibited from marrying
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§ 551.2
Marriage as civil contract; consent; license; solemnization
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§ 551.4
Incapacity; persons woman prohibited from marrying
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§ 551.5
Bigamy prohibited
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§ 551.14
Unlawful marriage by person authorized to solemnize marriage; penalty
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§ 551.15
Ceremony performance with knowledge of lack of authority or legal impediment; penalty
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§ 551.17
Denominational modes of solemnization; effect of chapter
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§ 551.18
Certificates and records of marriage as evidence
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§ 551.109
Filing reports of marriage; record
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§ 551.51
Age of consent
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§ 551.102
Blank form for marriage license and certificate; preparation, contents, and distribution; furnishing blank forms of affidavit of competency; filing affidavit; electronic filing; license as matter of record; transmission to department of community health; social security number; application exempt from disclosure.
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§ 551.103a
Marriage license; time of delivery; solemnization of marriage required
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§ 551.104
Certificate completion; officiating person duty; original license return; record
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§ 551.105
County clerk; violation of act, misdemeanor, penalty
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§ 551.106
Person officiating at marriage; violation of act, misdemeanor, penalty
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§ 551.107
Failure to return certificate; misdemeanor, penalty
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§ 551.108
Marriage license; false statement in application, perjury
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§ 551.111
License or certificate errors; evidence, correction
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§ 551.203
Private file of papers; forwarding duplicate to state registrar; recordation of filing in private register; inspection of files and records; request and identification; court order; petition to unseal marriage record; court order; findings; petition by surviving party; forwarding copy of license and marriage certificate to county clerk; access
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§ 551.204
Privileged communications; violation of confidence as misdemeanor; publicity as misdemeanor; penalties; libel action; neglecting to make proper return; section inapplicable to license unsealed under section 3(2) or (3).
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§ 551.272
Marriage not between man and woman invalidated