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AR Code § 9-11-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-205. Notice of intention to wed — Noncompliance, penalties, and effect

 (a) No marriage license shall be issued by the clerks unless a notice of intention to wed shall have been signed by both of the applicants applying for the marriage license and filed with the county clerk where the license is obtained.  (b) The notice shall state the name, age, and address of both parties desiring to wed.  (c) The county clerk shall verify the age of both parties and may treat birth certificates as prima facie proof of age.  (d) The notice of intention to wed referred to in this section shall be filed with the county clerk of the county where the marriage license is obtained.  (e) The county clerk may destroy the notice of intention to wed one (1) year after the date of its issuance.  (f) Upon the failure on the part of the county clerk or any other person to comply with the provisions of this section, he or she shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).  (g) No marriage shall be void for failure to comply with the provisions of this section.  (h) If applicable, the notice of intention to wed shall contain the declaration of intent for a covenant marriage as provided in the Covenant Marriage Act of 2001, § 9-11-801 et seq.
AR Code § 9-11-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-206. Clerk's fees

 The fee prescribed by law for the issuance of the marriage license shall be paid to the clerk at the time the applicants apply for the marriage license and sign the notice of intention to wed.
AR Code § 9-11-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-207. Applicants for marriage licenses to be sober

 It shall be unlawful for any clerk who is authorized to issue marriage licenses to furnish or sell to any person or persons a license to marry at a time when either of the contracting parties is visibly under the influence of intoxicating drinks or under the influence of any kind of drugs. The parties applying for the license shall at the time be duly sober.
AR Code § 9-11-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-208. License not issued to persons of the same sex

 (a)  (1)  (A) It is the public policy of the State of Arkansas to recognize the marital union only of man and woman.  (B) A license shall not be issued to a person to marry another person of the same sex, and no same-sex marriage shall be recognized as entitled to the benefits of marriage.    (2) Marriages between persons of the same sex are prohibited in this state. Any marriage entered into by a person of the same sex, when a marriage license is issued by another state or by a foreign jurisdiction, shall be void in Arkansas, and any contractual or other rights granted by virtue of that license, including its termination, shall be unenforceable in the Arkansas courts.  (3) However, nothing in this section shall prevent an employer from extending benefits to a person who is a domestic partner of an employee.    (b) A license shall not be issued to a person to marry unless and until the female shall attain the age of sixteen (16) years and the male the age of seventeen (17) years and then only by written consent by a parent or guardian until the male shall have attained the age of eighteen (18) years and the female the age of eighteen (18) years.
AR Code § 9-11-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-209. Proof of age — Parental consent

 (a) Any person applying for the license to marry another may introduce the parent or guardian of himself or herself or the other party, or the certificate of the parent or guardian duly attested, to prove to the satisfaction of the clerk that the parties to the marriage are of lawful age.  (b) In case either or both of the parties to the marriage are not of lawful age, it shall be the duty of the clerk, before issuing the license, to require the party applying therefor to produce satisfactory evidence of the consent and willingness of the parent or guardian of the party to the marriage, which shall consist of either verbal or written consent thereto.  (c) If there are any doubts in the mind of the clerk as to the evidence of the consent and willingness of the parent or guardian of the party applying for the license or if the clerk is in doubt as to the true age of the party so making application, the clerk may require the applicants to furnish a copy of their birth certificates as proof of lawful age or may require the parties to make affidavit to the genuineness of the consent granted or to the correctness of the ages given. The affidavit so made shall be filed in the clerk's office for public inspection.
AR Code § 9-11-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-210. Bond of applicant

 (a) Any person applying for a license under the provisions of this act shall be required to enter into bond to the State of Arkansas in the penal sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for the use of and benefit of the general fund of the county to ensure that the parties applying have a lawful right to the license and that they will faithfully carry into effect and comply with the provisions of this act.  (b) The bond shall be void when the license is duly returned to the office of the county clerk, duly executed and officially signed by someone authorized by law to solemnize the rites of matrimony.
AR Code § 9-11-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-211. Military personnel — Waiver of certain license requirements — Proceedings

 (a)  (1) Upon written petition being filed with the county clerk of any county in this state, the county court, after hearing, may in its discretion waive by written order the requirement of bond, as prescribed by § 9-11-210, and the consent of parents, as required by §§ 9-11-102 — 9-11-105. The court may authorize and direct the county clerk to forthwith issue a license to marry to any resident of this state who is on active duty with the United States Armed Forces or to any resident of this state to marry a person who is on active duty with the United States Armed Forces.  (2) Nothing in this section is to be considered as reducing the statutory marriageable age of females not in the military service.    (b)  (1) The petition shall be signed and properly verified by both the parties seeking the license to marry and shall be styled “In the Matter of the Issuance of a Marriage License to a Member of the Armed Forces of the United States of America”.  (2) The petition shall set out the full name and address of each party, the military serial number of the service man or woman, rank, and military organization to which he or she is attached.  (3) The birth certificate of the nonservice man or woman shall be attached to the petition as an exhibit.  (4) The parties shall personally appear before the court, and the service man or woman will appear in uniform and exhibit to the court his or her military identification card.  (5) The parties will be required to execute the notice of intention to wed as prescribed by § 9-11-205 and file the notice with the county clerk.    (c) The county courts of this state for the purpose of this section shall be open and in session during regular office hours.
AR Code § 9-11-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-212. Application without other's consent — Penalties — Damages

 (a) If any person shall apply for and obtain a license to marry another, without first obtaining the consent of that party, the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). The fines, when collected, shall be paid into the general fund of the county wherein the offense is tried.  (b) The party so doing shall moreover be liable to the party injured in any sum that a court or jury of competent jurisdiction may adjudge for damages.
AR Code § 9-11-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-213. Persons who may solemnize marriages

 (a) For the purpose of being registered and perpetuating the evidence thereof, marriage shall be solemnized only by the following persons:  (1) The Governor;  (2) Any former justice of the Supreme Court;  (3) Any judges of the courts of record within this state, including any former judge of a court of record who served at least four (4) years or more;  (4) Any justice of the peace, including any former justice of the peace who served at least two (2) terms since the passage of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 55;  (5) Any regularly ordained minister or priest of any religious sect or denomination;  (6) The mayor of any city or town;  (7) Any official appointed for that purpose by the quorum court of the county where the marriage is to be solemnized; or  (8) Any elected district court judge and any former municipal or district court judge who served at least four (4) years.    (b)  (1) Marriages solemnized through the traditional rite of the Religious Society of Friends, more commonly known as Quakers, are recognized as valid to all intents and purposes the same as marriages otherwise contracted and solemnized in accordance with law.  (2) The functions, duties, and liabilities of a party solemnizing marriage, as set forth in the marriage laws of this state, in the case of marriages solemnized through the traditional marriage rite of the Religious Society of Friends, shall be incumbent upon the clerk of the congregation or, in his or her absence, his or her duly designated alternate.
AR Code § 9-11-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-214. Recordation of credentials of clerical character

 (a) No minister of the gospel or priest of any religious sect or denomination shall be authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony in this state until the minister or priest has caused to be recorded his or her license or credentials of his or her clerical character in the office of the county clerk of some county in this state. The minister or priest must also have obtained from the clerk a certificate, under his or her hand and seal, that the credentials are duly recorded in his or her office.  (b) It shall be the duty of a minister of the gospel or priest to add to the certificate of marriage required by law a statement setting forth the county where and the time when his or her license or credentials were so recorded.  (c) Any minister of the gospel, priest of any religious sect or denomination, or any person purporting to be such, who shall solemnize the rites of matrimony contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction he or she shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100).  (d)  (1) It shall be the duty of the clerk and recorder in each county, seasonably to record, in a well-bound book to be kept for that purpose, all licenses or credentials of clerical character of the persons who deposit the licenses or credentials of clerical character with him or her for record.  (2) Any clerk failing to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall, on motion of the party aggrieved, giving the clerk ten (10) days' notice in writing of the motion, be fined any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).
AR Code § 9-11-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-215. Marriage ceremony

 (a) When marriages are solemnized by a minister of the gospel or priest, the ceremony shall be according to the forms and customs of the church or society to which he or she belongs. When solemnized by a civil officer, the form observed shall be the one the officer deems most appropriate.  (b) It shall be lawful for religious societies who reject formal ceremonies to join together in marriage persons who are members of the society according to the forms, customs, or rites of the society to which they belong, with the exception that the requirements set forth in the Covenant Marriage Act of 2001, § 9-11-801 et seq., shall be complied with if the parties enter into a covenant marriage.
AR Code § 9-11-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-216. Solemnization contrary to law — Penalty

 (a) Any person who presumes to solemnize marriage in this state contrary to the provisions of this act shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).  (b) The fine imposed by subsection (a) of this section shall be paid when collected into the general fund of the county in which the offense was committed.
AR Code § 9-11-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-217. Failure to sign and return license at time of marriage — Penalty

 (a) Any person who fails to officially sign and return any license to the parties at the time of the marriage shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).  (b) The fine imposed by subsection (a) of this section shall be paid when collected into the general fund of the county in which the offense was committed.
AR Code § 9-11-218 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-218. Return of executed license to clerk — Effect on bond

 (a) Any person obtaining a license under the provisions of this act shall be required to return the license to the office of the clerk of the county court within sixty (60) days from the date of the license.  (b)  (1) If the license is duly executed and officially signed by some person authorized by law to solemnize marriage in this state, the bond required by § 9-11-210 shall be deemed null and void.  (2) Otherwise, it shall remain in full force and effect.
AR Code § 9-11-219 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-219. False return or record — Penalty

 If any person authorized to solemnize any marriage in this state shall willfully make a false return of any marriage or pretended marriage to the clerk and recorder, or if the clerk and recorder shall willfully make a false record of any return of a marriage license made to him or her, the offender shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100).
AR Code § 9-11-220 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-220. Duty of clerk on return of license — Issuance of certificate

 (a) Upon the return of any license officially signed as having been executed and that the parties therein named have been duly and according to law joined in marriage, the clerk issuing the license shall make a record thereof in the marriage record in his or her office.  (b) The clerk shall immediately make out a certificate of the record, giving the names, date, book, and page, together with the name of the county and state, and attach the certificate to the license and return the license to the party presenting it.  (c) The certificate shall be sealed with the county seal.  (d) The circuit clerks in counties having two (2) judicial districts shall keep a record at the county site of each district in which marriage licenses shall be recorded.  (e)  (1) If a license has been returned and recorded by the clerk that contains clerical or scrivener's errors, the licensee may submit proof of the error to the circuit court in an ex parte proceeding.  (2) The court, upon a finding of error, shall order the county clerk to correct the errors on the license.  (3) The licensee shall not be charged a fee for filing a request to correct clerical or scrivener's errors.    (f) On the face of the certificate shall appear the certification to the fact of marriage, including, if applicable, a designation that the parties entered into a covenant marriage signed by the parties to the marriage and the witnesses, and the signature and title of the officiant.
AR Code § 9-11-221 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-221. Certified copies of record as evidence

 The books of marriages and clerical credentials to be kept by the respective clerks and recorders and copies duly certified by the clerks and recorders shall be evidence in all the courts in this state.
AR Code § 9-11-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 3 - Marriage Contracts Generally|§ 9-11-301. Execution of contract

 All marriage contracts whereby any estate, real or personal, is intended to be secured or conveyed to any person, or whereby the estate may be affected in law or equity, shall be in writing acknowledged by each of the contracting parties or proved by one (1) or more subscribing witnesses.
AR Code § 9-11-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 3 - Marriage Contracts Generally|§ 9-11-302. Acknowledgment or proof

 Marriage contracts shall be acknowledged or proven before a court of record, before some judge or clerk of a court of record, or before any former judge of a court of record who served at least four (4) years, of the state in which the contract is made and executed, which acknowledgment or proof shall be taken and certified in the same manner as deeds of conveyance for lands are or shall be required by law to be acknowledged or proven.
AR Code § 9-11-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 3 - Marriage Contracts Generally|§ 9-11-303. Recordation — Effect

 (a) Every marriage contract whereby any real estate is conveyed or secured shall be recorded with the certificate of proof or acknowledgment in the office of the clerk and recorder of every county in which any estate intended to be affected or conveyed shall be situated.  (b) When a marriage contract is deposited with the recorder of any county for record, it shall be deemed full notice to all persons of the contents thereof, as far as relates to real estate affected thereby in the county where it is deposited.
AR Code § 9-11-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 3 - Marriage Contracts Generally|§ 9-11-304. Effect of unrecorded contract

 No marriage contract shall be valid or affect property, except between the parties thereto and those who have actual notice thereof, until it shall be deposited for record with the clerk and recorder of the county where the real estate is situated.
AR Code § 9-11-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 3 - Marriage Contracts Generally|§ 9-11-305. Contract or copy as evidence — Conclusiveness

 (a) Marriage contracts duly proved or acknowledged, certified, or recorded shall be received as evidence in any court of record of this state, without further proof of their execution.  (b) When it shall appear to a court that any marriage contract duly acknowledged or proved and recorded is lost or is not in the power of the party wishing to use it, a copy duly certified under the hand and seal of the clerk and recorder may be received in evidence.  (c) Neither the certificate of acknowledgment nor probate of any marriage contract, nor the record or transcript thereof, shall be conclusive, but may be rebutted.
AR Code § 9-11-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Premarital Agreement Act|§ 9-11-401. Definitions

 (1) “Premarital agreement” means an agreement between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage and to be effective upon marriage.  (2) “Property” means an interest, present or future, legal or equitable, vested or contingent, in real or personal property, including income and earnings.
AR Code § 9-11-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Premarital Agreement Act|§ 9-11-402. Formalities — Definition

 (a) A premarital agreement must be in writing and signed and acknowledged by both parties. It is enforceable without consideration.  (b) As used in this section, “acknowledged” means:  (1) A formal declaration or admission before an authorized public officer by the parties who execute the premarital agreement providing that the premarital agreement is the act and deed of the parties;  (2) A sworn affirmation by the respective attorneys of each party that the party represented by the attorney understands and consents to the legal effect of the premarital agreement;  (3) An agreement signed by the parties that is witnessed by a notary and includes a statement that the parties:  (A) Have consulted with their respective attorneys regarding the premarital agreement;  (B) Have read and understand the premarital agreement; and  (C) Freely entered into the premarital agreement without coercion or undue influence; or    (4) An execution of the premarital agreement by both parties that is witnessed by two (2) individuals who are disinterested parties to the premarital agreement.
AR Code § 9-11-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Premarital Agreement Act|§ 9-11-403. Content

 (a) Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to:  (1) the rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located;  (2) the right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of, or otherwise manage and control property;  (3) the disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event;  (4) the modification or elimination of spousal support;  (5) the making of a will, trust, or other arrangement to carry out the provisions of the agreement;  (6) the ownership rights in and disposition of the death benefit from a life insurance policy;  (7) the choice of law governing the construction of the agreement; and  (8) any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, not in violation of public policy or a statute imposing a criminal penalty.    (b) The right of a child to support may not be adversely affected by a premarital agreement.
AR Code § 9-11-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Premarital Agreement Act|§ 9-11-404. Effect of marriage

 A premarital agreement becomes effective upon marriage.