Montana Marriage Laws | § 40-1-202

Montana Code Annotated 40-1-202

License issuance

Except as provided in 40-1-301, when a marriage application has been completed and signed by both parties to a prospective marriage and at least one party has appeared before the clerk of the district court and paid the marriage license fee of $53, the clerk of the district court shall issue a license to marry and a marriage certificate form upon being furnished: (1) satisfactory proof that each party to the marriage will have attained 18 years of age at the time the marriage license is effective or will have attained 16 years of age and has obtained judicial approval as provided in 40-1-213; and (2) satisfactory proof that the marriage is not prohibited.

En. 48-306 by Sec. 6, Ch. 536, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 48-306; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 677, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 493, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 493, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 235, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 294, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 43, L. 2019.

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§ 40-1-301 Solemnization and registration.
§ 40-1-105 Application of Montana Rules of Civil Procedure.
§ 40-1-107 Form of application, license, marriage certificate, and consent.
§ 40-1-213 Judicial approval.
§ 40-1-210 No license to be issued when applicants under influence of liquor or drug.
§ 40-1-321 Registration of marriage.
§ 40-1-401 Prohibited marriages -- contracts.
§ 40-1-402 Declaration of invalidity.
§ 40-1-104 Application.
§ 40-1-101 Purposes.
§ 40-1-102 Uniformity of application and construction.
§ 40-1-103 Formalities.
§ 40-1-106 Parts of code not applicable.
§ 40-1-201 License application.
§ 40-1-202 License issuance
§ 40-1-203 Proof of age.
§ 40-1-212 Effective period of license.
§ 40-1-311 Declaration of marriage without solemnization.
§ 40-1-312 Persons who may prepare declaration of marriage.
§ 40-1-313 Penalty.
§ 40-1-322 Certificate and copy presumptive evidence.
§ 40-1-323 Proof of solemnized marriage when no record.
§ 40-1-324 Declaration to be acknowledged and recorded.
§ 40-1-403 Validity of common-law marriage.
§ 40-1-404 Putative spouse.