New Jersey Statutes

N.J. Stat. § 2C:24-1 (2026)

Bigamy

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a. Bigamy. A married person is guilty of bigamy, a disorderly persons offense, if he contracts or purports to contract another marriage, unless at the time of the subsequent marriage:

(1) The actor believes that the prior spouse is dead;

(2) The actor and the prior spouse have been living apart for 5 consecutive years throughout which the prior spouse was not known by the actor to be alive;

(3) A court has entered a judgment purporting to terminate or annul any prior disqualifying marriage, and the actor does not know that judgment to be invalid; or

(4) The actor reasonably believes that he is legally eligible to remarry.

b. Other party to bigamous marriage. A person is guilty of bigamy if he contracts or purports to contract marriage with another knowing that the other is thereby committing bigamy.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1999–2018 · leading case: Estes v. State, 546 S.W.3d 691 (Tex. Crim. App. 2018).

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Estes v. State, 546 S.W.3d 691 (Tex. Crim. App. 2018). “§ 13-3606 (1978); N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:24-1 (1978) ; Ala. Code § 13A-13-1 (1977) ; Neb.”

Lewis v. Harris, 908 A.2d 196 (N.J. 2006). “Thus, we are concerned only with the question of whether the right to same-sex marriage is deeply rooted in this State's history and its people's collective conscience.”

Leiva v. Sec'y of Dep't of Homeland Sec., 230 F. Supp. 3d 406 (D.N.J. 2017). · cites it 2× “” N.J.S.A. § 2C:24-1. C. Good Moral Character 78.”

Prevard v. Fauver, 47 F. Supp. 2d 539 (D.N.J. 1999). “or N.J.S.A. 2C:24-1. et seq., which became effective on September 1,1979.”

State v. Michael Sumulikoski / State v. Artur Sopel (072957) (N.J. 2015). “Under N.J.S.A. 2C:24-1(a), “[a] married person is guilty of bigamy .”

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State v. Michael Sumulikoski / State v. Artur Sopel (072957) (N.J. 2015). “Under N.J.S.A. 2C:24-1(a), “[a] married person is guilty of bigamy .”

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