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Mich. Comp. Laws § 551.103a (2026)

Marriage license; time of delivery; solemnization of marriage required.

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MARRIAGE LICENSE


Act 128 of 1887


551.103a Marriage license; time of delivery; solemnization of marriage required.

Sec. 3a.

    A marriage license shall not be delivered within a period of 3 days including the date of application. However, the county clerk of each county, for good and sufficient cause shown, may deliver the license immediately following the application. If the county clerk delivers the license immediately following the application, the person applying for the license shall pay a fee to be determined by the county board of commissioners, which the county clerk shall deposit into the general fund of the county. A marriage license issued is void unless a marriage is solemnized under the license within 33 days after the application.

History: Add. 1925, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 12708 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 112, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 551.103a ;-- Am. 1955, Act 227, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 104, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1975 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 270, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 578, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1972–2023 · leading case: Stevenson v. Detroit, 201 N.W.2d 688 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972).
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Stevenson v. Detroit, 201 N.W.2d 688 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972). “MCLA 551.103a; MSA 25.34. Although the date on the original return of the marriage license bears out this contention, there was uncontradicted testimony that the ceremony had in fact taken place within the 30-day period.”
In Re Murray Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “” MCL 551.103a. Additionally, “[t]he original certificates and records of marriage made by the person solemnizing the marriage as prescribed in this chapter, and the record thereof made by the county clerk, or a copy of such record duly certified by such clerk, shall be received…”
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