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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-109 (2026)

Issuance of license to drunks, insane persons or imbeciles forbidden

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No license shall be issued when it appears that the applicants or either of them is at the time drunk, insane or an imbecile.

Acts 1937, ch. 81, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 8414.3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-411.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2004–2009 · leading case: Tennessee v. Lane, 541 U.S. 509 (2004).
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Tennessee v. Lane, 541 U.S. 509 (2004). · cites it 2× “990 (2) (West 1992 Cumulative Service) (criminalizing the marriage of persons with mental disabilities); Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-109 (1996) (forbidding the issuance of a marriage license to "imbecile[s]").”
Becker v. Judd, 646 F. Supp. 2d 923 (M.D. Tenn. 2009). · cites it 2× “See T.C.A. § 36-3-109 (prohibiting the issuance of a marriage license to anyone who appears at the time of application to be “drunk, insane, or an imbecile.”
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