Tennessee Marriage Laws | § 36-3-111

Tennessee Code 36-3-111

County clerk violating law — Penalty.

Any county clerk or deputy clerk who issues a marriage license without compliance with the last sentence in § 36-3-103(c)(1), §§ 36-3-104 — 36-3-106, § 36-3-109, § 36-3-110, or § 36-3-113, and not in good faith, commits a Class C misdemeanor.

Acts 1937, ch. 81, § 5; C. Supp. 1950, § 8414.5; Acts 1959, ch. 124, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-413; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1996, ch. 1031, § 3; 2018, ch. 1049, § 6.

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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.