Mississippi Marriage Laws | § 93-1-11

Mississippi Code Annotated 93-1-11

Hours for issuance of licenses.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any clerk to issue a marriage license between the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. When a clerk shall issue a license he shall certify on said license the time when it was issued.

(2) Any clerk violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

Codes, 1942, § 461.5; Laws, 1950, ch. 282, §§ 1, 2.

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§ 93-1-23 Custodian of records relating to marriage licenses
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