New Mexico Marriage Laws § 40-1-20[Marriages without license in 1905 validated.]
Read the full New Mexico Statutes Annotated Marriage Law § 40-1-20 at American Marriage Ministries. Last updated on Monday, February 2, 2021.
Read the full New Mexico Statutes Annotated Marriage Law § 40-1-20 at American Marriage Ministries. Last updated on Monday, February 2, 2021.
New Mexico Statutes Annotated 40-1-20
All marriages celebrated or contracted in the territory of New Mexico, during the year A.D. 1905, without the persons entering into the marriage relation, having first obtained a license from the probate clerk of the proper county, but which marriages were valid according to the law as it existed prior to April 13, 1905, are hereby validated and legalized and shall have the same force and effect as if such marriages had been celebrated or contracted after the parties contracting such marriage had first obtained a license to marry from the probate clerk of the county wherein such marriage occurred.
Laws 1909, ch. 91, § 1; Code 1915, § 3444; C.S. 1929, § 87-123; 1941 Comp., § 65-119; 1953 Comp., § 57-1-18.
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