Arkansas Code Title 9, Subtitle 2, Chapter 11, Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony
- § 9-11-201 - Licenses Required.
(a) All persons hereafter contracting marriage in this state are required to first obtain a license from the clerk of the county court of...
- § 9-11-202 - Form of License.
(a) The license may be in the following form: Click here to view form(b) The party solemnizing the rites of matrimony shall endorse on...
- § 9-11-203 - Issuance by Clerks.
(a) The clerks of the county courts of the several counties in this state are required to furnish the license upon: (1) Application's being...
- § 9-11-204 - Issuance of License Unlawfully -- Penalty.
If any county clerk in this state shall issue any license contrary to the provisions of this act, or to any persons who are...
- § 9-11-205 - Notice of Intention to Wed -- Noncompliance, Penalties, and Effect.
(a) No marriage license shall be issued by the clerks unless a notice of intention to wed shall have been signed by both of...
- § 9-11-206 - Clerk's Fees.
The fee prescribed by law for the issuance of the marriage license shall be paid to the clerk at the time the applicants apply...
- § 9-11-207 - Applicants for Marriage Licenses to Be Sober.
It shall be unlawful for any clerk who is authorized to issue marriage licenses to furnish or sell to any person or persons a...
- § 9-11-208 - License Not Issued to Persons of the Same Sex.
(a) (1) (A) It is the public policy of the State of Arkansas to recognize the marital union only of man and woman. (B)...
- § 9-11-209 - Proof of Age -- Parental Consent.
(a) Any person applying for the license to marry another may introduce the parent or guardian of himself or herself or the other party,...
- § 9-11-210 - Bond of Applicant.
(a) Any person applying for a license under the provisions of this act shall be required to enter into bond to the State of...
- § 9-11-211 - Military Personnel -- Waiver of Certain License Requirements -- Proceedings.
(a) (1) Upon written petition being filed with the county clerk of any county in this state, the county court, after hearing, may in...
- § 9-11-212 - Application Without Other's Consent -- Penalties -- Damages.
(a) If any person shall apply for and obtain a license to marry another, without first obtaining the consent of that party, the person...
- § 9-11-213 - Persons Who May Solemnize Marriages.
(a) For the purpose of being registered and perpetuating the evidence thereof, marriage shall be solemnized only by the following persons: (1) The Governor;...
- § 9-11-214 - Recordation of Credentials of Clerical Character.
(a) No minister of the gospel or priest of any religious sect or denomination shall be authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony in...
- § 9-11-215 - Marriage Ceremony.
(a) When marriages are solemnized by a minister of the gospel or priest, the ceremony shall be according to the forms and customs of...
- § 9-11-216 - Solemnization Contrary to Law -- Penalty.
(a) Any person who presumes to solemnize marriage in this state contrary to the provisions of this act shall be adjudged guilty of a...
- § 9-11-217 - Failure to Sign and Return License At Time of Marriage -- Penalty.
(a) Any person who fails to officially sign and return any license to the parties at the time of the marriage shall be adjudged...
- § 9-11-218 - Return of Executed License to Clerk -- Effect on Bond.
(a) Any person obtaining a license under the provisions of this act shall be required to return the license to the office of the...
- § 9-11-219 - False Return or Record -- Penalty.
If any person authorized to solemnize any marriage in this state shall willfully make a false return of any marriage or pretended marriage to...
- § 9-11-220 - Duty of Clerk on Return of License -- Issuance of Certificate.
(a) Upon the return of any license officially signed as having been executed and that the parties therein named have been duly and according...
- § 9-11-221 - Certified Copies of Record As Evidence.
The books of marriages and clerical credentials to be kept by the respective clerks and recorders and copies duly certified by the clerks and...
Last modified: November 15, 2016