Chapter 2 - MARRIAGE GENERALLY

Section 20-13 - License and solemnization required
Section 20-13.1 - [Repealed]
Section 20-13.2 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties
Section 20-14 - By whom license to be issued
Section 20-14.1 - Duration of license; issuance of additional licenses
Section 20-14.2 - [Repealed]
Section 20-15 - Tax on license
Section 20-16 - Issuance of marriage licenses and marriage certificates
Section 20-16.1 - Clerk authorized to amend marriage records
Section 20-17 through 20-19 - [Repealed]
Section 20-20 - Clerk to file license and certificate; indexing names of parties; certified copies as evidence
Section 20-21 - Clerk to furnish attorney for the Commonwealth list of licenses not returned by minister
Section 20-22 - Attorney for the Commonwealth to ascertain before circuit court name of minister failing to return certificates
Section 20-23 - Order authorizing ministers to perform ceremony
Section 20-24 - Penalty for failure to certify record of marriage
Section 20-25 - [Effective Until 7/1/2024] Persons other than ministers who may perform rites
Section 20-25 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Persons other than ministers who may perform rites
Section 20-26 - Marriage between members of religious society having no minister
Section 20-27 - Fee for celebrating marriage
Section 20-28 - Penalty for celebrating marriage without license
Section 20-29 - [Repealed]
Section 20-30 - Licenses of persons on federal reservations
Section 20-31 - Belief of parties in lawful marriage validates certain defects
Section 20-31.1 - When marriage legitimates children; issue of marriages prohibited by law, etc., legitimate
Section 20-32 - [Repealed]
Section 20-33 - Penalty for clerk issuing license contrary to law
Section 20-34 through 20-36 - [Repealed]
Section 20-37 - Validation of certain marriages when license issued by clerk of county court
Section 20-37.1 - Validation of certain marriages solemnized outside of Commonwealth
Section 20-37.2 - [Repealed]