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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 652 (2026)

Issuance of marriage license

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1.  Marriage license issued.  After the filing of notice of intentions of marriage, except as otherwise provided, the clerk or the State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall deliver to the parties a marriage license specifying the time when the intentions were recorded.  
[PL 2019, c. 340, §8 (AMD).]
2.  Marriage license to nonresidents. 
[PL 2001, c. 574, §4 (RP).]
3.  Void after 90 days.  The license is void if not used within 90 days from the day the intentions were filed in accordance with section 651.  
[PL 2019, c. 340, §9 (AMD).]
4.  Expedited procedure. 
[PL 2001, c. 574, §4 (RP).]
5.  Informational brochure. 
[PL 2025, c. 130, §2 (RP).]
6.  Related parties.  A marriage license may not be issued to parties related as described in section 701, subsection 2, unless the clerk or State Registrar of Vital Statistics has received from the parties the physician's certificate of genetic counseling required by section 651.  
[PL 2019, c. 340, §10 (AMD).]
7.  Parties who are 17 years of age. 
[PL 2025, c. 47, §1 (RP).]
8.  Parties under 18 years of age.  The clerk or State Registrar of Vital Statistics may not issue a marriage license to a person under 18 years of age.  
A. [PL 2019, c. 535, §1 (RP).]
B. [PL 2019, c. 535, §1 (RP).]
C. [PL 2019, c. 535, §1 (RP).]
[PL 2025, c. 47, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 694, §B2 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 507, §1 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 507, §4 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 683, §E5 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 683, §E6 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 574, §§3,4 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2019, c. 340, §§8-11 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 535, §1 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 116, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 47, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 130, §2 (AMD).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2006–2026 · leading case: Cote-Whitacre v. Dep't of Pub. Health, 446 Mass. 350 (Mass. 2006).
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Cote-Whitacre v. Dep't of Pub. Health, 446 Mass. 350 (Mass. 2006). “See Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 19-A, §§ 652, 701 (West 1998).”
State of Maine v. Trevor I. Desrosiers, 2024 ME 77 (Me. 2024). · cites it 2× “19-A M.R.S. § 652(8) (2020). Therefore, the victim would have needed consent from her parents and the county probate judge before she and DesRosiers could have received a marriage license.”
Tabarek T.H. Aldarraji v. Tareq I. Alolwan, 2026 ME 38 (Me. 2026). · cites it 3× “(codified at 19-A M.R.S. § 652); P.L. 2021, ch. 49, §§ 1-2 (effective Oct.”
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 652(8): 1 case
State of Maine v. Trevor I. Desrosiers, 2024 ME 77 (Me. 2024). “19-A M.R.S. § 652(8) (2020). Therefore, the victim would have needed consent from her parents and the county probate judge before she and DesRosiers could have received a marriage license.”
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