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Utah Code 30-1-5

Marriage solemnization -- Before unauthorized person -- Validity.

(1) A marriage solemnized before a person professing to have authority to perform marriages may not be invalidated for lack of authority, if consummated in the belief of the parties or either of them that the person had authority and that they have been lawfully married. (2) Except as otherwise explicitly provided by law, this section may not be construed to validate a marriage that: (a) is prohibited or void under Section 30-1-2; or (b) fails to meet the requirements of Section 30-1-7, as validated by a court with jurisdiction.

Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session; Amended by Chapter 424, 2024 General Session

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§ 30-1-30 Premarital counseling or education -- State policy -- Applicability.
§ 30-1-4 Validity of foreign marriages -- Exceptions.
§ 30-1-17.2 Action to determine validity of marriage -- Orders relating to parties, property, and children -- Presumption of paternity in marriage.
§ 30-1-10 Affidavit before the clerk -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-31 Premarital counseling board in county -- Appointment, terms, compensation, offices -- Common counseling board with adjacent county.
§ 30-1-34 Completion of counseling or education.
§ 30-1-38 Fee for counseling.
§ 30-1-2.2 Repealed Validation of interracial marriages.
§ 30-1-5 Marriage solemnization -- Before unauthorized person -- Validity.
§ 30-1-2.4 Recognition and validation of a marriage regardless of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of the parties.
§ 30-1-7 Marriage licenses -- Use within state -- Solemnization requirements -- Expiration.
§ 30-1-4.5 Validity of marriage not solemnized.
§ 30-1-8 Application for license -- Contents -- Power of attorney not permitted.
§ 30-1-6 Who may solemnize marriages -- Certificate.
§ 30-1-2.3 Validation of marriage to a person with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or other sexually transmitted disease.
§ 30-1-3 Marriage in belief of death or divorce of former spouse -- Issue legitimate.
§ 30-1-1 Incestuous marriages void.
§ 30-1-2 Marriages prohibited and void.
§ 30-1-2.1 Validation of marriage to a person subject to chronic epileptic fits who had not been sterilized.
§ 30-1-4.1 Marriage recognition policy.
§ 30-1-9 Marriage by minors -- Consent of parent or guardian -- Juvenile court authorization.
§ 30-1-9.1 Parental consent to prohibited marriage of minor -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-17.4 Action for annulment or divorce as alternative relief.
§ 30-1-12 Clerk to file license and certificate.
§ 30-1-14 Acting without authority -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-13 Solemnization without license -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-15 Solemnization of prohibited marriage -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-16 Misconduct of county clerk -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-17 Action to determine validity of marriage -- Judgment of validity or annulment.
§ 30-1-17.1 Annulment -- Grounds for.
§ 30-1-17.3 Age as basis of action to determine validity of marriage -- Refusal to grant annulment.
§ 30-1-11 Return of license after ceremony -- Penalty for failure to return -- Criminal penalty for false statement.
§ 30-1-32 Master plan for counseling.
§ 30-1-33 Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage license -- Exceptions.
§ 30-1-35 Persons performing counseling services designated by board -- Exemption from license requirements.
§ 30-1-36 Activities included in premarital counseling or education.
§ 30-1-37 Confidentiality of information obtained under counseling provisions.