Code of Virginia 20-48
Minimum age of marriage.
The minimum age at which persons may marry shall be 18.
Code 1919, § 5090; 1932, p. 529; 1942, p. 230; 1946, p. 500; 1960, c. 363; 1972, c. 823; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1975, c. 644; 1989, c. 733; 2008, cc. 174, 206; 2016, cc. 457, 543.; 2024 Eff July 1, CHAP0737
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§ 20-14
By whom license to be issued.
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§ 20-38.1
Certain marriages prohibited.
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§ 20-16
Issuance of marriage licenses and marriage certificates.
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Clerk authorized to amend marriage records.
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§ 20-25
Persons other than ministers who may perform rites.
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§ 20-31.1
When marriage legitimates children; issue of marriages prohibited by law, etc., legitimate.
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§ 20-45.1
Void and voidable marriages.
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§ 20-39
Prohibition continues notwithstanding dissolution of previous marriage.
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§ 20-43
Bigamous marriages void without decree.
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§ 20-40
Punishment for violation of such prohibition; leaving Commonwealth to avoid.
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§ 20-48
Minimum age of marriage.
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§ 20-23
Order authorizing ministers to perform ceremony.
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§ 20-13.2
Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties.
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§ Article I. Bill of Rights Section 15-A. Marriage
Fundamental right to marry.
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§ 20-13.2
Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties.
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§ 20-13
License and solemnization required.
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§ 20-15
Tax on license
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§ 20-14.1
Duration of license; issuance of additional licenses.
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§ 20-20
Clerk to file license and certificate; indexing names of parties; certified copies as evidence.
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§ 20-21
Clerk to furnish attorney for the Commonwealth list of licenses not returned by minister.
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§ 20-22
Attorney for the Commonwealth to ascertain before circuit court name of minister failing to return certificates.
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§ 20-24
Penalty for failure to certify record of marriage.
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§ 20-26
Marriage between members of religious society having no minister.
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§ 20-28
Penalty for celebrating marriage without license.
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§ 20-30
Licenses of persons on federal reservations.
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§ 20-31
Belief of parties in lawful marriage validates certain defects.
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§ 20-33
Penalty for clerk issuing license contrary to law.
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§ 20-37
Validation of certain marriages when license issued by clerk of county court.
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§ 20-37.1
Validation of certain marriages solemnized outside of Commonwealth.
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§ 32.1-267
Records of marriages; duties of officer issuing marriage license and person officiating at ceremony; blocking of social security number.
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§ 20-27
Fee for celebrating marriage.