The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 741
MARRIAGE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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F.S. 741.08

741.08 Marriage not to be solemnized without a license.—Before any of the persons named in s. 741.07 shall solemnize any marriage, he or she shall require of the parties a marriage license issued according to the requirements of s. 741.01, and within 10 days after solemnizing the marriage he or she shall make a certificate thereof on the license, and shall transmit the same to the office of the county court judge or clerk of the circuit court from which it issued.

History.—ss. 2, 3, Nov. 2, 1829; s. 1, ch. 3890, 1889; RS 2057; GS 2576; RGS 3935; CGL 5854; s. 28, ch. 73-334; s. 1, ch. 74-372; s. 1059, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 741.08

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 741.08

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 741.08.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

M. HALL, v. R. MAAL,, 32 So. 3d 682 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . .” § 741.08, Fla. Stat. (2002). . . . The provisions of subsection 741.08, including the directives to require a marriage license and transmit . . . See § 741.08, Fla. Stat. (2002). . . . Section 741.08, Florida Statutes (2002), provides: Marriage not to be solemnized without a license. — . . . marriage from occurring rather than nullifying one that has occurred much like the language of section 741.08 . . . "Solemnization” under section 741.08 does not require any particular ceremony or the recitation of any . . .

METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, v. SHELTON,, 375 So. 2d 32 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . Appellee relies upon Section 741.08, Florida Statutes (1974), which provides as follows: 741.08 Marriage . . .