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Minnesota Marriage Laws § 517.01CIVIL MARRIAGE CONTRACT.

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Minnesota Statutes 517.01

CIVIL MARRIAGE CONTRACT.

A civil marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, is a civil contract between two persons, to which the consent of the parties, capable in law of contracting, is essential. A lawful civil marriage may be contracted only when a license has been obtained as provided by law and when the civil marriage is contracted in the presence of two witnesses and solemnized by one authorized, or whom one or both of the parties in good faith believe to be authorized, so to do. Marriages subsequent to April 26, 1941, not so contracted shall be null and void.

(8562) RL s 3552; 1941 c 459; 1977 c 441 s 1; 1978 c 772 s 1; 1997 c 203 art 10 s 1; 2013 c 74 s 2

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§ 517.03 PROHIBITED CIVIL MARRIAGES.
§ 517.18 CIVIL MARRIAGE SOLEMNIZATION.
§ 517.08 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.
§ 517.10 CERTIFICATE; WITNESSES.
§ 517.201 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
§ 517.23 MEANING OF CIVIL MARRIAGE.
§ 517.001 DEFINITION.
§ 517.02 PERSONS CAPABLE OF CONTRACTING.
§ 517.01 CIVIL MARRIAGE CONTRACT.
§ 517.04 PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM CIVIL MARRIAGES.
§ 517.041 POWER TO APPOINT COURT COMMISSIONER; DUTY.
§ 517.05 Credentials of Minister
§ 517.06 Parties Examined
§ 517.07 License
§ 517.09 SOLEMNIZATION.
§ 517.101 CERTIFIED COPIES OF CIVIL MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
§ 517.14 ILLEGAL CIVIL MARRIAGE; FALSE CERTIFICATE; PENALTY.
§ 517.15 UNAUTHORIZED PERSON PERFORMING CEREMONY.
§ 517.16 IMMATERIAL IRREGULARITY OF OFFICIATING PERSON DOES NOT VOID.
§ 517.20 APPLICATION.
§ 517.21 AMERICAN FAMILY DAY.
§ 517.13 PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO FILE CERTIFICATE.

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