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Pennsylvania Marriage Laws § 1301Marriage license required.

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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes - Title 23 1301

Marriage license required.

(a) General rule.--No person shall be joined in marriage in this Commonwealth until a marriage license has been obtained. (b) Place of marriage ceremony.--A license issued under this part shall authorize a marriage ceremony to be performed in any county of this Commonwealth. (c) Identity of applicants.--Prior to issuance of the license, the person issuing the license must be satisfied as to the identity of both of the applicants.

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§ 1102 Definitions
§ 1101 Short title of part.
§ 1104 Forms.
§ 1301 Marriage license required.
§ 1501 Form of marriage certificates.
§ 1106 Records and statistics.
§ 1105 Fees
§ 1103 Common-law marriage.
§ 1303 Waiting period after application.
§ 1306 Oral examination.
§ 1307 Issuance of license.
§ 1308 Judicial review of refusal to issue license.
§ 1309 Filing applications and consent certificates
§ 1310 Duration and form of license.
§ 1504 Returns of marriages.
§ 1702 Marriage during existence of former marriage.
§ 1703 Marriage within degree of consanguinity.
§ 1704 Marriage between persons of the same sex.
§ 1302 Application for license.
§ 1304 Restrictions on issuance of license.
§ 1701 Decree that spouse of applicant is presumed decedent.
§ 1502 Forms where parties perform ceremony.
§ 1503 Persons qualified to solemnize marriages.

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