Iowa Code
Iowa Code § 595.9 (2026)
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If a marriage is solemnized without procuring a license, the parties married, and all persons aiding them, are guilty of a simple misdemeanor. [C51, §1470; R60, §2522; C73, §2192; C97, §3144; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10435; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §595.9]
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case, 2005–2005 · leading case: Alons v. Iowa Dist. Court for Woodbury Cnty., 698 N.W.2d 858 (Iowa 2005).
Alons v. Iowa Dist. Court for Woodbury Cnty., 698 N.W.2d 858 (Iowa 2005). “This plaintiff claims that he faces possible criminal charges pursuant to Iowa Code section 595.9 (2003) if he solemnizes a marriage of a heterosexual couple when one of the parties has entered into a civil union that has not been terminated.”
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