Chapter 2 Marriage Generally
This chapter is comprised of the following sections:
- §20-13 License and solemnization required
- §20-13.1 Repealed
- §20-13.2 Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties
- §20-14 By whom license to be issued
- §20-14.1 Duration of license; issuance of additional licenses
- §20-14.2 Repealed
- §20-15 Tax on license
- §20-16 Issuance of marriage licenses and marriage certificates
- §20-16.1 Clerk authorized to amend marriage records
- §20-17 Repealed
- §20-20 Clerk to file license and certificate; indexing names of parties; certified copies as evidence
- §20-21 Clerk to furnish attorney for the Commonwealth list of licenses not returned by minister
- §20-22 Attorney for the Commonwealth to ascertain before circuit court name of minister failing to return certificates
- §20-23 Order authorizing ministers to perform ceremony
- §20-24 Penalty for failure to certify record of marriage
- §20-25 Persons other than ministers who may perform rites
- §20-26 Marriage between members of religious society having no minister
- §20-27 Fee for celebrating marriage
- §20-28 Penalty for celebrating marriage without license
- §20-29 Repealed
- §20-30 Licenses of persons on federal reservations
- §20-31 Belief of parties in lawful marriage validates certain defects
- §20-31.1 When marriage legitimates children; issue of marriages prohibited by law, etc., legitimate
- §20-32 Repealed
- §20-33 Penalty for clerk issuing license contrary to law
- §20-34 Repealed
- §20-37 Validation of certain marriages when license issued by clerk of county court
- §20-37.1 Validation of certain marriages solemnized outside of Commonwealth
- §20-37.2 Repealed