Tennessee Marriage Laws | § 36-3-105

Tennessee Code 36-3-105

Minimum age of applicant for license.

(a) It is unlawful for any county clerk or deputy clerk in this state to issue a marriage license to any person where: (1) Either of the contracting parties is under seventeen (17) years of age; or (2) One (1) of the contracting parties is at least seventeen (17) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the other contracting party is at least four (4) years older than the minor contracting party. (b) Any marriage contracted in violation of subsection (a) may be annulled upon proper proceedings therefor by such person or any interested person acting in the person's behalf.

Acts 1937, ch. 81, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 8414.1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-407; Acts 2018, ch. 1049, § 3.

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§ 36-3-106 Consent of parent, guardian, next of kin, agency or custodian — “Parent” defined.
§ 36-3-301 Persons who may solemnize marriages.
§ 36-3-104 Conditions precedent to issuance of license.
§ 36-3-102 Second marriage before dissolution of first prohibited — Effect of absence for five years.
§ 36-3-103 License required — County of issuance.
§ 36-3-101 Prohibited degrees of relationship.
§ 36-3-105 Minimum age of applicant for license.
§ 36-3-109 Issuance of license to drunks, insane persons or imbeciles forbidden.
§ 36-3-110 Contest of issuance.
§ 36-3-111 County clerk violating law — Penalty.
§ 36-3-112 Fraudulently signing or using false documents — Misdemeanor.
§ 36-3-113 Marriage between one man and one woman only legally recognized marital contract. [See Compiler's Note.]
§ 36-3-304 Form of certificate.
§ 36-3-305 Solemnizing marriage between incapable persons — Misdemeanor.
§ 36-3-306 Marriage consummated by ceremony not invalidated by failure to comply with law — Restriction.
§ 36-3-307 Nickname in license does not invalidate marriage.
§ 36-3-308 Marriages during War Between the States validated.
§ 36-3-108 Forced marriage prohibited — Civil action.
§ 36-3-302 Formula not required.
§ 36-3-303 Return of license to clerk — Penalty for failure to return — Society of Friends.