Missouri Revised Statutes 451.022
Public policy, same sex marriages prohibited — license may not be issued.
1. It is the public policy of this state to recognize marriage only between a man and a woman.
2. Any purported marriage not between a man and a woman is invalid.
3. No recorder shall issue a marriage license, except to a man and a woman.
4. A marriage between persons of the same sex will not be recognized for any purpose in this state even when valid where contracted.
(L. 1996 S.B. 768 § 6, A.L. 2001 H.B. 157)
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§ 451.080
Recorder to issue license — form of.
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§ 451.151
Additional fee for issuing marriage license or certified copies — amount to be collected by county recorder, duty to deposit — how.
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§ 451.240
Contract so recorded shall impart notice, to whom.
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§ 451.010
Marriage a civil contract.
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§ 451.020
Certain marriages prohibited — official issuing licenses to certain persons guilty of misdemeanor.
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§ 451.022
Public policy, same sex marriages prohibited — license may not be issued.
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§ 451.030
Bigamous marriage void.
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§ 451.040
Marriage license required, waiting period — presence not required, when — application, contents — license void when — common law of marriages void — lack of authority to perform marriage, effect.
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§ 451.090
Issuance of license prohibited, when — parental consent, when required — proof of age.
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§ 451.110
Certificate of marriage to be given.
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§ 451.115
Marriages illegally solemnized — penalty.
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§ 451.120
Penalty for solemnizing marriage without license, or failing to keep a record thereof.
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§ 451.130
Penalty for failure to issue, record or return license.
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§ 451.150
Licenses to be recorded — fee.
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§ 451.160
Names of children born before marriage shall be recorded.
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§ 451.170
Lost record of marriage supplied, how.
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§ 451.180
New certificate obtained, how.
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§ 451.190
Record supplied by certificate of witnesses, how.
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§ 451.200
Certificates and affidavits recorded when records lost or destroyed — fee.
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§ 451.210
Rerecording where marriage records are destroyed — fee.
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§ 451.220
Marriage contracts to be in writing, acknowledged or proved.
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§ 451.230
How acknowledged or proved — to be recorded, where.
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§ 451.100
Marriages solemnized by whom.