Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 30-1-9 (2026)

Marriage Not to Be Solemnized Without License; Issuance, Effect and Duration of License; Solemnization of Marriage When License Void.

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Repealed by Act 2019-340, §3, effective August 29, 2019.

(Code 1852, §1949; Code 1867, §2338; Code 1876, §2677; Code 1886, §2314; Code 1896, §2844; Code 1907, §4884; Code 1923, §8998; Code 1940, T. 34, §9; Acts 1953, No. 276, p. 342; Acts 1961, No. 708, p. 1000.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1996–2016 · leading case: State ex rel. Alabama Policy Inst., 200 So. 3d 495 (Ala. 2015).
State ex rel. Alabama Policy Inst., 200 So. 3d 495 (Ala. 2015). · cites it 8× “Code 1975 (providing for the solemnization of “marriages”), and § 30-1-9, Ala.Code 1975 (authorizing probate judges to issue “marriage” licenses).”
Krier v. Krier, 676 So. 2d 1335 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “See Ala.Code 1975, § 30-1-9, and Copeland v. Richardson, 551 So.”
Strawser v. Strange, 190 F. Supp. 3d 1078 (S.D. Ala. 2016). “1901, and the Alabama Marriage Protection Act, § 30-1-9, Ala. Code 1975, are constitutional.”
Loder v. McKinney, 896 F. Supp. 2d 1116 (M.D. Ala. 2012). · cites it 4× “The Complaint alleges that as Probate Judge of Montgomery County, Defendant has adopted and implemented a marriage licensing policy that states in relevant part: “Non-citizens of the United States must provide proof of legal presence in the United States in the form of valid…”
Ex parte Davis, 210 So. 3d 579 (Ala. 2015). “” The petitioner asks this Court for guidance with respect to the issue of the constitutionality of the various statutes enacted by the Alabama Legislature providing for the governmental licensing and recognition of what are referred to in those statutes as “marriages,” see Ala.”
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