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Authority to do Legal Wedding Ceremonies in the state of Mississippi
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Mississippi Marriage Laws, Code, Statute
§ 93-1-17 - By whom marriages may be solemnized
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93-1-1 Certain marriages declared incestuous and void
Mississippi Code - Title 93: Domestic Relations - Chapter 1: Marriage Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 34, art. 1 (8); 1857, ch. 40, art. 8; 1871, Â§Â§ 1762, 1763; 1880, Â§Â§ 1145, 1146; 1892, Â§Â§ 2857, 2858; 1906, Â§Â§ 3242, 3243; Hemingway's 1917, Â§Â§ 2549, 2550; 1930, Â§Â§ 2359, 2360; 1942, Â§Â§ 457, 458; Laws, 1922, ch. 235; Laws, 1946, ch. 283, Â§ 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 301, Â§ 1, eff from and after passage (approved February 12, 1997).
93-1-3 Unlawful marriage; effect of marrying outside of and returning to state
Mississippi Code - Title 93: Domestic Relations - Chapter 1: Marriage Sources: Codes, 1880, Â§ 1147; 1892, Â§ 2859; 1906, Â§ 3244; Hemingway's 1917, Â§ 2551; 1930, Â§ 2361; 1942, Â§ 459.
93-1-5 Conditions precedent to issuance of license; penalty for noncompliance
(a) Parties desiring a marriage license shall make application for the license in writing to the clerk of the circuit court of any county in the State of Mississippi; however, if the female applicant is under the age of twenty-one (21) years and is a resident of the State of Mississippi, the application shall be made to the circuit court clerk of the county of residence of the female applicant. The application shall be immediately filed with the circuit court clerk and shall include the names, ages and addresses of the parties applying; the names and addresses of the parents of the parties applying, and if no parents, then names and addresses of the guardian or next of kin; the signatures of witnesses; and any other data that may be required by law or the State Board of Health. The application shall be sworn to by both applicants.
(b) The application shall remain on file, open to the public, in the office of the circuit court clerk for a period of three (3) days before the clerk is authorized to issue the marriage license. However, if satisfactory proof is furnished to the judge of any circuit, chancery or county court that sufficient reasons exist, then the judge of any such court in the judicial district where either of the parties resides if they are over the age of twenty-one (21) years, or where the female resides if she is under the age of twenty-one (21), may waive the three-day waiting period and by written instrument authorize the clerk of the court to issue the marriage license to the parties if they are otherwise qualified by law. Authorization shall be a part of the confidential files of the clerk of the court, subject to inspection only by written permission of the judge. If either of the applying parties appears from the evidence to be under twenty-one (21) years of age, the circuit court clerk, immediately upon filing the application, shall cause notice of the filing of the application to be sent by prepaid certified mail to the father, mother, guardian or next of kin of both applying parties at the address named in the application.
(c) An affidavit showing the age of both applying parties shall be made by either the father, mother, guardian or next of kin of each of the contracting parties and filed with the clerk of the circuit court along with the application; or in lieu thereof, both applying parties shall appear in person before the circuit court clerk and make and subscribe an oath in person, which affidavit shall be attached to and noted on the application for the marriage license. In addition to either of the previous conditions stated, further proof of age shall be presented to the circuit court clerk in the form of either a birth certificate, baptismal record, armed service discharge, armed service identification card, life insurance policy, insurance certificate, school record, driver's license, or other official document evidencing age. The document substantiating age and date of birth shall be examined by the circuit court clerk before whom application is made, and the circuit court clerk shall retain in his file with the application the document or a certified or photostatic copy of the document.
(d) The clerk shall not issue a marriage license under the provisions of this section unless the male applicant is at least seventeen (17) years of age and the female is at least fifteen (15) years of age; however, if satisfactory proof is furnished to the judge of any circuit, chancery or county court that sufficient reasons exist and that the parties desire to be married to each other and that the parents or other person in loco parentis of the person or persons so under age consent to the marriage, then the judge of any such court in the county where either of the parties resides may waive the minimum age requirement and by written instrument authorize the clerk of the court to issue the marriage license to the parties if they are otherwise qualified by law. Authorization shall be a part of the confidential files of the clerk of the court, subject to inspection only by written permission of the judge.
(f) In no event shall a license be issued by the circuit court clerk when it appears to the circuit court clerk that the applicants are, or either of them is, drunk or a person with mental illness or an intellectual disability, to the extent that the clerk believes that the person does not understand the nature and consequences of the request.
Mississippi Code - Title 93: Domestic Relations - Chapter 1: Marriage Sources: Codes, 1930, Â§ 2363; 1942, Â§ 461; Laws, 1930, ch. 237; Laws, 1957, Ex. ch. 17, Â§ 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 522, Â§ 48; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, Â§ 24; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, Â§ 78, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 1, 2010.)
93-1-7 Protest against issuance of license
Any interested party shall have the right to contest the issuance of a marriage license, provided such party files a written protest in the circuit or chancery court of the county wherein the license is being sought, naming as parties the circuit court clerk of such county and the parties to the application. Upon the filing of such written protest, a summons shall be forthwith issued thereon for the parties defendant, except that in the case of the filing thereof in the circuit court, it shall not be necessary to issue a summons for the circuit clerk. No license shall be issued subsequent to the filing of such protest in the circuit court or the service of a summons issued by the chancery court upon the circuit clerk or any of his deputies, except as herein provided. Such protest may be heard upon three (3) days' notice to the parties defendant by the circuit judge or chancellor in term time or in vacation. If the circuit judge or chancellor shall find that there is a legal impediment to the consummation of such marriage, or, in case either of the applicants is a minor, that the parties applicant are not of mature discretion, or are not capable of assuming the responsibilities of marriage, then he shall enter an order prohibiting the issuance of such license. No marriage license shall be issued to either applicant in any county in this state within one year of the rendition of such order unless such legal impediment has been removed, or, in the case of a minor, without the permission first obtained from the court rendering such order.
If the judge or chancellor shall not make such a finding as hereinabove set forth, then such action shall be dismissed at the cost of the protestant and the clerk shall forthwith issue the license as applied for. The party protesting shall file a cost bond in the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the clerk of the court in which filed, conditioned as in other civil cases.
Mississippi Code - Title 93: Domestic Relations - Chapter 1: Marriage Sources: Codes, 1942, Â§ 461.1; Laws, 1957, Ex. ch. 17, Â§ 2, eff July 1, 1958.
93-1-9 Noncompliance with Â§Â§ 93-1-5 and 93-1-7 not to affect validity of solemnized marriage followed by cohabitation
Mississippi Code - Title 93: Domestic Relations - Chapter 1: Marriage Sources: Codes, 1942, Â§ 461.2; Laws, 1957, Ex. ch. 17, Â§ 3, eff July 1, 1958.
93-1-11 Hours for issuance of licenses
(1) It shall be unlawful for any clerk to issue a marriage license between the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. When a clerk shall issue a license he shall certify on said license the time when it was issued.
(2) Any clerk violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Mississippi Code - Title 93: Domestic Relations - Chapter 1: Marriage Sources: Codes, 1942, Â§ 461.5; Laws, 1950, ch. 282, Â§Â§ 1, 2.
93-1-13 License essential
Mississippi Code - Title 93: Domestic Relations - Chapter 1: Marriage Sources: Codes, 1892, Â§ 2864; Laws, 1906, Â§ 3249; Hemingway's 1917, Â§ 2556; Laws, 1930, Â§ 2367; Laws, 1942, Â§ 465.
93-1-15 License and solemnization required for valid marriage
Mississippi Code - Title 93: Domestic Relations - Chapter 1: Marriage Sources: Codes, 1942, Â§ 465.5; Laws, 1956, ch. 239, Â§Â§ 1, 2.
93-1-18 Validation of certain marriages performed by mayors
Mississippi Code - Title 93: Domestic Relations - Chapter 1: Marriage Sources: Laws, 1994, ch. 330, Â§ 1, eff from and after passage (approved March 14, 1994).
93-1-19 Marriage may be solemnized according to religious customs
Mississippi Code - Title 93: Domestic Relations - Chapter 1: Marriage Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 34, art. 1 (2); 1857, ch. 40, art. 2; 1871, Â§ 1756; 1880, Â§ 1151; 1892, Â§ 2863; 1906, Â§ 3248; Hemingway's 1917, Â§ 2555; 1930, Â§ 2366; 1942, Â§ 464.
93-1-23 Custodian of records relating to marriage licenses
Mississippi Code - Title 93: Domestic Relations - Chapter 1: Marriage Sources: Codes, 1871, Â§ 570; 1880, Â§ 1492; 1892, Â§ 2865; 1906, Â§ 3250; Hemingway's 1917, Â§ 2557; 1930, Â§ 2368; 1942, Â§ 466.
93-1-25 Solicitation of marriage ceremony unlawful; penalty
Mississippi Code - Title 93: Domestic Relations - Chapter 1: Marriage Sources: Codes, 1942, Â§ 466.5; Laws, 1956, ch. 240, Â§Â§ 1, 2.