16-6-20
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16-6-20.
(a)
A person commits the offense of bigamy when he, being married and knowing that
his lawful spouse is living, marries another person or carries on a bigamous
cohabitation with another person.
(b)
It shall be an affirmative defense that the prior spouse has been continually
absent for a period of seven years, during which time the accused did not know
the prior spouse to be alive, or that the accused reasonably believed he was
eligible to remarry.
(c)
A person convicted of the offense of bigamy shall be punished by imprisonment
for not less than one nor more than ten years.