§ 7. Solemnization of marriages
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 43. Marriage and FamilyEffective: November 1, 2022
Effective: November 1, 2022
43 Okl.St.Ann. § 7
§ 7. Solemnization of marriages
A. All marriages must be contracted by a formal ceremony performed or solemnized in the presence of at least two adult, competent persons as witnesses, by a judge or retired judge of any court in this state, or an ordained or authorized preacher or minister of the Gospel, priest or other ecclesiastical dignitary of any denomination who has been duly ordained or authorized by the church to which he or she belongs to preach the Gospel, or a rabbi and who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
C. No person herein authorized to perform or solemnize a marriage ceremony shall do so unless he or she has good reason to believe the persons presenting themselves before him or her for marriage are the identical persons named in the license, and for whose marriage the same was issued, and that there is no legal objection or impediment to such marriage.
D. Marriages between persons belonging to the society called Friends, or Quakers, the spiritual assembly of the Baha'is, or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which have no ordained minister, may be solemnized by the persons and in the manner prescribed by and practiced in any such society, church, or assembly.
Credits
R.L.1910, § 3889; Laws 1951, p. 113, § 1; Laws 1961, p. 285, § 1, emerg. eff. March 28, 1961; Laws 1971, c. 298, § 1, emerg. eff. June 24, 1971; Laws 1986, c. 24, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1989, c. 333, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1998, c. 214, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 305, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 1999; Laws 2022, c. 241, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
43 Okl. St. Ann. § 7, OK ST T. 43 § 7
Current with legislation of the First Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) and the First Extraordinary Session of the 59th Legislature (2023). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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