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§20-13.1 Repealed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§20-14.2 Repealed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§20-17 Repealed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§20-29 Repealed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§20-32 Repealed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§20-34 Repealed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§20-37.2 Repealed
