Utah Code 81-2-405
Recognition and validation of a marriage regardless of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of the parties.
[Section 30-1-2.4 Renumbered] §81-2-405 Recognition and validation of a marriage regardless of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of the parties.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Eligible couple" means two individuals that may legally marry each other in this state.
(b) "Specified characteristic" means the race, ethnicity, or national origin of a party to the
marriage.
(2) Regardless of the date of the marriage, a marriage between two individuals may not be
deemed invalid or prohibited because of a specified characteristic.
(3) The office of a county clerk may not refuse to issue a marriage license to an eligible couple
because of a specified characteristic.
(4)
(a) The office of a county clerk may not refuse to solemnize the marriage of an eligible couple
because of a specified characteristic.
(b) Subsection (4)(a) does not prevent a county clerk from delegating or deputizing another
individual to solemnize a marriage in accordance with Subsections 17-20-4(2) and 30-1-6(2)
(l).
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Enacted by Chapter 325, 2024 General Session, 2024 General Session, eff. 5/1/2024; Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 366
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§ 81-2-202
Premarital counseling or education -- State policy -- Applicability.
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§ 30-1-2.2 [Repealed]
Validation of interracial marriages.
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§ 81-2-405
Recognition and validation of a marriage regardless of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of the parties.
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§ 81-2-302
Marriage licenses -- Use within state -- Expiration.
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§ 81-2-408
Validity of marriage not solemnized or solemnized before an unauthorized individual.
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§ 81-2-407
Validity of foreign marriages -- Exceptions.
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§ 81-2-102
Marriage recognition policy.
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§ 81-2-402
Incestuous marriages void.
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§ 81-2-203
Premarital counseling board in county -- Appointment, terms, compensation, offices -- Common counseling board with adjacent county.
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§ 81-2-305
Who may solemnize marriages -- Certificate.
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§ 81-2-303
Application for license -- Contents
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§ 30-1-11 [Repealed]
Return of license after ceremony -- Penalty for failure to return -- Criminal penalty for false statement.
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§ 81-4-303
Petition for annulment -- Venue -- Judgment on validity of marriage.
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§ 30-1-17.2 [Repealed]
Action to determine validity of marriage -- Orders relating to parties, property, and children -- Presumption of paternity in marriage.
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§ 30-1-17.3 [Repealed]
Age as basis of action to determine validity of marriage -- Refusal to grant annulment.
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§ 30-1-5 [Repealed]
Marriage solemnization -- Before unauthorized person -- Validity.
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§ 81-2-406
Validation of marriage to a person with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or other sexually transmitted disease.
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§ 30-1-3 [Superseded]
Marriage in belief of death or divorce of former spouse -- Issue legitimate.
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§ 81-2-403
Marriages prohibited and void.
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§ 81-2-404
Validation of marriage to a person subject to chronic epileptic fits who had not been sterilized.
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§ 81-2-304
Marriage of a minor -- Consent of parent or guardian -- Juvenile court authorization.
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§ 81-4-102
Action for annulment or divorce as alternative relief.
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§ 30-1-9.1 [Repealed]
Parental consent to prohibited marriage of minor -- Penalty.
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§ 30-1-13 [ Repealed ]
Solemnization without license -- Penalty.
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§ 81-2-306
County clerk to file license and certificate -- Designation as vital record.
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§ 30-1-15 [Repealed]
Solemnization of prohibited marriage -- Penalty.
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§ 30-1-16 [ Repealed]
Misconduct of county clerk -- Penalty.
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§ 81-4-302
Annulment -- Grounds.
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§ 81-2-204
Master plan for counseling.
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§ 30-1-14 [ Repealed ]
Acting without authority -- Penalty.
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§ 81-2-205
Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage license -- Exceptions.
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§ 81-2-206
Completion of counseling or education.
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§ 81-2-207
Persons performing counseling services designated by board -- Exemption from license requirements.
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§ 81-2-201
Definitions for part. (Premarital Counseling)
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§ 81-2-208
Confidentiality of information obtained under counseling provisions.
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§ 81-2-209
Fee for counseling.
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§ 81-2-409
Legal recognition of a child when marriage is void.
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§ 81-2-401
Definitions for part.
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§ 81-1-101
Definitions for title.
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§ 81-2-301
Definitions for part.
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§ 30-1-10 [Repealed]
Affidavit before the clerk -- Penalty.
