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402.210 Issuance of license when either party under eighteen.
(1)
(2)
If either of the parties is under eighteen (18) but over sixteen (16) years of age and
not before married, no license shall issue without the consent required by KRS
402.020(1)(f), personally given or certified in writing to the clerk over the signature
of the person consenting in accordance with KRS 402.020(1)(f), attested by two (2)
subscribing witnesses and proved by the oath of one (1) of the witnesses,
administered by the clerk. If the parties are personally unknown to the clerk, a
license shall not issue until bond, with good surety, in the penalty of one hundred
dollars ($100) is given to the Commonwealth, with condition that there is no lawful
cause to obstruct the marriage.
If either of the parties is under sixteen (16) years of age, no license shall issue
without the permission of a District Judge, as required by KRS 402.020(1)(f)3., in
the form of a certified copy of a written court order.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 122, sec. 3, effective March 26, 1998 and ch.
258, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 3,
effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 386, sec. 93. -- Amended
1968 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 15. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2106.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). This section was amended by 1998
Ky. Acts chs 122 and 258 which do not appear to be in conflict and have been
codified together.
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