2009 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs.
Article 1 - Marriage in General
Section 40-1-20 - Marriages without license in 1905 validated.
40-1-20. [Marriages without license in 1905 validated.]
All marriages celebrated or contracted in the territory of New Mexico, during the year A.D. 1905, without the persons entering into the marriage relation, having first obtained a license from the probate clerk of the proper county, but which marriages were valid according to the law as it existed prior to April 13, 1905, are hereby validated and legalized and shall have the same force and effect as if such marriages had been celebrated or contracted after the parties contracting such marriage had first obtained a license to marry from the probate clerk of the county wherein such marriage occurred.
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