Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 402.220 (2026)

Return of license and certificate to clerk after ceremony

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The person solemnizing the marriage or the clerk of the religious society before which it was solemnized shall within one (1) month return the license to the county clerk of the county in which it was issued, with a certificate of the marriage over his signature, giving the date and place of celebration and the names of at least two (2) of the persons present. Effective: July 15, 1994 History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 220, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 279, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1984. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2107.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1953–2024 · leading case: Pinkhasov v. Petocz, 331 S.W.3d 285 (Ky. Ct. App. 2011).

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Pinkhasov v. Petocz, 331 S.W.3d 285 (Ky. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “080 (no marriage to be solemnized without license) and KRS 402.220 (person solemnizing marriage to return certificate to clerk) do not reflect that obtaining and/or returning to the county clerk are prerequisites to valid marriage.”

Miller v. Davis, 123 F. Supp. 3d 924 (E.D. Ky. 2015). · cites it 2× “See Ky.Rev.Stat. Ann. §§ 402.220, 402.230. The State will not recognize marriages entered into, without a valid license therefor.”

Rachelle Weis v. David Weis (Ky. Ct. App. 2024). “In this case, the circuit court followed KRS 402.220’s directives and considered the parties’ financial resources throughout the lengthy proceedings.”

Barger v. Commonwealth, 256 S.W.2d 364 (Ky. Ct. App. 1953). “1 The license was never returned to the office of the county court clerk as required by KRS 402.220, but appellant destroyed it. Prosecutrix denied appellant’s testimony that the purported marriage ceremony was not performed, and denied she connived with him in filling out the…”

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