Washington Marriage Laws | § 26.04.250 | Penalty For Unlawful Solemnization—1909 C 249. Marriage Laws

Revised Code of Washington 26.04.250

Penalty for unlawful solemnization—1909 c 249.

Every person who shall solemnize a marriage when either party thereto is known to him or her to be under the age of legal consent or a marriage to which, within his or her knowledge, any legal impediment exists, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

[ 2011 c 336 § 689; 1979 ex.s. c 128 § 3; 1909 c 249 § 419; RRS § 2671. Formerly RCW 26.04.240, part.]

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§ 26.04.020 Prohibited marriages.
§ 26.04.060 Marriage before unauthorized cleric—Effect.
§ 26.04.070 Form of solemnization.
§ 26.04.080 Marriage certificate—Contents.
§ 26.04.090 Certificate for files of county auditor and state registrar of vital statistics—Forms.
§ 26.04.100 Filing and recording—County auditor.
§ 26.04.105 Preservation of copies of applications and licenses—County auditor.
§ 26.04.140 Marriage license.
§ 26.04.110 Penalty for failure to deliver certificates.
§ 26.04.120 Marriage according to religious ritual.
§ 26.04.150 Application for license—May be secured by mail—Execution and acknowledgment.
§ 26.04.160 Application for license—Contents—Oath.
§ 26.04.165 Additional marriage certificate form.
§ 26.04.170 Inspection of applications.
§ 26.04.175 When disclosure of marriage applications and records prohibited.
§ 26.04.180 License—Time limitations as to issuance and use—Notification.
§ 26.04.200 Penalty for violations—1939 c 204.
§ 26.04.220 Retention of license by person solemnizing—Auditor's record.
§ 26.04.240 Penalty for unlawful solemnization—Code 1881.
§ 26.04.250 Penalty for unlawful solemnization—1909 c 249.
§ 26.60.015 Intent.
§ 26.60.020 Definitions
§ 26.60.025 Definition—Domestic partnership.
§ 26.60.040 Registration—Records—Fees.
§ 26.60.060 Domestic partnerships created by subdivisions of the state.
§ 26.60.090 Reciprocity.
§ 26.04.007 Definition—Religious organization.
§ 26.04.900 Construction—Religious organization.
§ 26.60.070 Patient visitation.
§ 26.60.901 Severability—2008 c 6.
§ 26.04.190 Refusal of license—Appeal.
§ 26.04.260 Recognition of a legal union.
§ 26.60.010 Finding.
§ 26.60.030 Requirements.
§ 26.60.100 Application for marriage—Dissolution of partnership by marriage—Automatic merger of partnership into marriage—Legal date of marriage.
§ 26.60.900 Part headings not law—2008 c 6.
§ 26.04.010 Marriage contract—Void marriages—Construction of gender-specific terms—Recognition of solemnization of marriage not required.
§ 26.04.130 Voidable marriages.
§ 26.04.210 Affidavits required for issuance of license—Penalties.
§ 26.04.050 Who may solemnize.