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To: Ray76

Heh, license valid for 30 days. If not solemized, must get a new certificate. Same sex marriages not allowed

http://usmarriagelaws.com/search/united_states/kentucky/index.shtml

Kentucky Marriage License, KY
The Requirements:

To be legally married in any county within Kentucky, you need a marriage license.

The bride and groom may go to any county in Kentucky to get a marriage license as long as both are 18 years of age or older. Marriage licenses may be used in any Kentucky county and cannot be used anywhere but in Kentucky.

The county clerk issues marriage licenses, fee ($35.50 - $37.00) is non-refundable. Fee may vary from county to county. Cash, certified check, cashier’s check, or money order.

Marriage licenses are valid for 30 days, including the date it is issued, and after that time it is invalid. Therefore, if the marriage is not solemnized within the 30-day period, the parties must apply for a new license.

No waiting period or blood test is required prior to the issuance of the marriage license.

The Application Process:

An application for a marriage license may be made and signed by written request of both the man and the women. Both the man and woman must apply for the marriage license in person in the clerk’s office and both the man and the women must sign the application for the marriage license.

Identification is required. Acceptable forms of ID in accordance with the statue and KCCA’s recorder’s manual include: Drivers License, current picture ID, Social Security card, birth certificate, or passport.

Both parties must be 18 years old or older.

If you need to change your last name, you can use an online marriage name change kit.

The marriage license application fee in Kentucky is $35.50 - $37.00. Fee may vary from county to county. Cash, certified check, cashier’s check, or money order.

Prohibited and Restricted Marriages:

Marriages between persons who are nearer of kin to each other by blood, than second cousins.

Marriages between first cousins.

Marriages with a person mentally incompetent.

Marriages where there is a husband or wife living, from whom the person marrying has not been divorced.

Marriages not solemnized or contracted in the presence of an authorized person or society.

Same sex marriages.

Common law marriages.

Proxy marriages.

Solemnization of Marriage:

Marriages shall be solemnized only by clergy, justices and judges of the Court of Justice; retired justices and judges of the Court of Justice, except those removed for cause or convicted of a felony; county judge/executives; such justices of the peace and fiscal court commissioners as the Governor or the county judge/executive authorizes, and certain religious societies.

At least two persons in addition to the parties and the person solemnizing the marriage must be present at every marriage.

There are no residency requirements or licensing requirements applicable to ministers or priests who wish to perform marriages in Kentucky.

A minister or priest, all justices and judges of the Court of Justice, justices of the peace and fiscal court commissioners may perform marriages anywhere in Kentucky.

Copy of Certificate of Marriage:
Kentucky Department for Public Health
Office of Vital Statistics
275 East Main Street - IE-A
Frankfort, KY 40621
Phone: (502) 564-4212
Fax: (502) 227-0032

It is important that you verify all information with your local marriage license office or county clerk before making any wedding or travel plans.

Please Note: State and county marriage license requirements often change. The above information is for guidance only and should not be regarded as legal advice.


44 posted on 09/06/2015 11:12:02 PM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: Steven Tyler

Kentucky Revised Statutes
KRS Chapter 402

402.005 Definition of marriage.

As used and recognized in the law of the Commonwealth, "marriage" refers only to the civil status, condition, or relation of one (1) man and one (1) woman united in law for life, for the discharge to each other and the community of the duties legally incumbent upon those whose association is founded on the distinction of sex.

402.045 Same-sex marriage in another jurisdiction void and unenforceable.

402.240 County judge/executive to issue license in absence of clerk.

In the absence of the county clerk, or during a vacancy in the office, the county judge/executive may issue the license and, in so doing, he shall perform the duties and incur all the responsibilities of the clerk. The county judge/executive shall return a memorandum thereof to the clerk, and the memorandum shall be recorded as if the license had been issued by the clerk.

402.990 Penalties.

(3) Any authorized person who knowingly solemnizes a marriage prohibited by this chapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(6) Any clerk who knowingly issues a marriage license to any persons prohibited by this chapter from marrying shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and removed from office by the judgment of the court in which he is convicted.

(7) Any clerk who knowingly issues a marriage license in violation of his duty under this chapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(8) If any deputy clerk or any person other than a county clerk knowingly issues a marriage license in violation of this chapter, but not for a prohibited marriage, he shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, and if he knowingly issues a license for a marriage prohibited by this chapter, he shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
57 posted on 09/07/2015 10:08:09 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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