Missouri Marriage Laws | § 451.090

Missouri Revised Statutes 451.090

Issuance of license prohibited, when — parental consent, when required — proof of age.

1. No recorder shall issue a license authorizing the marriage of any male or female under sixteen years of age nor shall a license be issued authorizing the marriage of any male or female twenty-one years of age or older to a male or female under eighteen years of age. 2. No recorder shall issue a license authorizing the marriage of any male or female under the age of eighteen years, except with the consent of his or her custodial parent or guardian, which consent shall be given at the time, in writing, stating the residence of the person giving such consent, signed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths. 3. The recorder shall state in every license whether the parties applying for same, one or either or both of them, are of age, or whether the male is under the age of eighteen years or the female under the age of eighteen years, and if the male is under the age of eighteen years or the female is under the age of eighteen years, the name of the custodial parent or guardian consenting to such marriage. Applicants shall provide proof of age to the recorder in the form of a certified copy of the applicant's birth certificate, passport, or other government-issued identification, which shall then be documented by the recorder.

(RSMo 1939 § 3370, A.L. 1974 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 11, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1993 S.B. 180, A.L. 2018 S.B. 655)

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§ 451.080 Recorder to issue license — form of.
§ 451.151 Additional fee for issuing marriage license or certified copies — amount to be collected by county recorder, duty to deposit — how.
§ 451.240 Contract so recorded shall impart notice, to whom.
§ 451.010 Marriage a civil contract.
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§ 451.022 Public policy, same sex marriages prohibited — license may not be issued.
§ 451.030 Bigamous marriage void.
§ 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.
§ 451.090 Issuance of license prohibited, when — parental consent, when required — proof of age.
§ 451.110 Certificate of marriage to be given.
§ 451.115 Marriages illegally solemnized — penalty.
§ 451.120 Penalty for solemnizing marriage without license, or failing to keep a record thereof.
§ 451.130 Penalty for failure to issue, record or return license.
§ 451.150 Licenses to be recorded — fee.
§ 451.160 Names of children born before marriage shall be recorded.
§ 451.170 Lost record of marriage supplied, how.
§ 451.180 New certificate obtained, how.
§ 451.190 Record supplied by certificate of witnesses, how.
§ 451.200 Certificates and affidavits recorded when records lost or destroyed — fee.
§ 451.210 Rerecording where marriage records are destroyed — fee.
§ 451.220 Marriage contracts to be in writing, acknowledged or proved.
§ 451.230 How acknowledged or proved — to be recorded, where.
§ 451.100 Marriages solemnized by whom.