North Carolina Marriage Laws | § 51-17

North Carolina General Statutes 51-17

Penalty for issuing license unlawfully.

Every register of deeds who knowingly or without reasonable inquiry, personally or by deputy, issues a license for the marriage of any two persons to which there is any lawful impediment, or where either of the persons is under the age of 18 years, without the consent required by law, shall forfeit and pay two hundred dollars ($200.00) to any parent, guardian, or other person standing in loco parentis, who sues for the same: Provided, that requiring a party to a proposed marriage to present a certified copy of his or her birth certificate, or a certified copy of his or her birth record in the form of a birth registration card as provided in G.S. 130-102, in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 51-8, shall be considered a reasonable inquiry into the matter of the age of such party.

(R.C., c. 68, s. 13; 1871-2, c. 193, s. 7; Code, s. 1816; 1895, c. 387; 1901, c. 722; Rev., s. 2090; C.S., s. 2503; 1957, c. 506, s. 2.)

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§ 161-10 Uniform fees of registers of deeds.
§ 51-1 Requisites of marriage; solemnization.
§ 51-3 Want of capacity; void and voidable marriages.
§ 51-1.1 Certain marriages performed by ministers of Universal Life Church validated.
§ 51-1.2 (See Editor's note) Marriages between persons of the same gender not valid.
§ 51-6 Solemnization without license unlawful.
§ 51-2.2 Parent includes adoptive parent.
§ 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.
§ 51-3.2 Marriage licensed and solemnized by a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe.
§ 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.
§ N.C. Const. art. XIV, § 6. Marriage.
§ 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.