Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-105 (2026)

Minimum age of applicant for license

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section JustiaTenn. Code CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

(a) It is unlawful for any county clerk or deputy clerk in this state to issue a marriage license to any person where:
- (1) Either of the contracting parties is under seventeen (17) years of age; or
- (2) One (1) of the contracting parties is at least seventeen (17) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the other contracting party is at least four (4) years older than the minor contracting party.

(b) Any marriage contracted in violation of subsection (a) may be annulled upon proper proceedings therefor by such person or any interested person acting in the person's behalf.

Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1049,s 3, eff. 5/21/2018.

Acts 1937, ch. 81, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 8414.1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-407.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 2001–2020 · leading case: Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc., 301 S.W.3d 237 (Tenn. 2010).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc., 301 S.W.3d 237 (Tenn. 2010). · cites it 2× “Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 36-3-105(a), 107(a)(1)(A) (2005).”

James Farmer v. State of Florida, 268 So. 3d 1009 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019). “Codified Laws § 25-1-9 (2018); Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-105 (2018); Tex. Fam.”

Khaled Eleiwa v. Suzanne Abutaa f/k/a Izdihar Jabr (Tenn. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-105 (b). In the present case, the trial court did not establish what law applied for either issue, much less what facts it used to reach its conclusions.”

Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc. - Dissenting (Tenn. 2010). · cites it 2× “16 Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 36-3-105 (a), -107(a)(1)(A) (2005).”

John Doe v. Mama Taori's Premium Pizza, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “§ 45-2-904 (2000)]; and they may marry if they are sixteen years old (or at a younger age if approved by a court) [ Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 36-3-105 , -107 (1996)].”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-105(a) — 1 case

Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc., 301 S.W.3d 237 (Tenn. 2010). “Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 36-3-105(a), 107(a)(1)(A) (2005).”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.