Legal Research Home > New Jersey Lawyer > Marriages and Married Persons > New Jersey Marriages And Married Persons Laws Section 37:1-15. Solemnizing without presentation of license; misdemeanor.

Any person, not authorized by section 37:1-13 of the Revised Statutes to solemnize marriages, who solemnizes a marriage or any person or religious society, institution or organization, authorized to solemnize marriages, who solemnizes a marriage without the presentation of a license therefor, obtained in accordance with the provisions of article two of this chapter (s. 37:1-2 et seq.), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.

Amended by L.1948, c. 127, p. 848, s. 1, eff. June 12, 1948.

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