North Carolina Marriage Laws | § 51-3.2

North Carolina General Statutes 51-3.2

Marriage licensed and solemnized by a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe.

(a) Subject to the restriction provided in subsection (b), a marriage between a man and a woman licensed and solemnized according to the law of a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe shall be valid and the parties to the marriage shall be lawfully married.

(b) When the law of a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe allows persons to obtain a marriage license from the register of deeds and the parties to a marriage do so, Chapter 51 of the General Statutes shall apply and the marriage shall be valid only if the issuance of the license and the solemnization of the marriage is conducted in compliance with this Chapter.

(2001-62, s. 5.)

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§ 51-1 Requisites of marriage; solemnization.
§ 51-3 Want of capacity; void and voidable marriages.
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§ 51-1.2 (See Editor's note) Marriages between persons of the same gender not valid.
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§ 51-3.1 Interracial marriages validated.
§ 51-4 Prohibited degrees of kinship.
§ 51-5 Marriages between slaves validated.
§ 51-18 Record of licenses and returns; originals filed.
§ 51-2.1 Marriage of certain underage parties.
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§ 51-16 Form of license.
§ 51-15 Obtaining license by false representation misdemeanor.
§ 51-16.1 Form of license for Address Confidentiality Program participant.
§ 51-17 Penalty for issuing license unlawfully.
§ 51-19 Penalty for failure to record.
§ 51-5.5 Recusal of certain public officials.
§ 51-7 Penalty for solemnizing without license.
§ 51-18.1 Correction of errors in application or license; amendment of names in application or license.
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§ 51-2 Capacity to marry.
§ 51-8 License issued by register of deeds.
§ 51-8.2 Issuance of marriage license when applicant is unable to appear.
§ 51-21 Issuance of delayed marriage certificates.