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  • §20-13.1 Repealed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  • §20-14.2 Repealed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  • §20-17 Repealed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  • §20-29 Repealed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  • §20-32 Repealed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  • §20-34 Repealed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  • §20-37.2 Repealed