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Minnesota Marriage Laws § 517.16IMMATERIAL IRREGULARITY OF OFFICIATING PERSON DOES NOT VOID.

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Minnesota Statutes 517.16

IMMATERIAL IRREGULARITY OF OFFICIATING PERSON DOES NOT VOID.

A civil marriage solemnized before a person professing to be lawfully authorized to do so shall not be adjudged to be void, nor shall its validity be in any way affected, on account of a want of jurisdiction or authority in the supposed officer or person, if the civil marriage is consummated with the full belief on the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully joined in civil marriage.

(8577) RL s 3566; 1978 c 772 s 13; 2013 c 74 s 9

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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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