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Va. Code Ann. § 20-14.1 (2026)

Duration of license; issuance of additional licenses

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Every marriage license issued under § 20-14 shall constitute authority for a period of only sixty days from the date of issuance for the solemnization of a marriage of the licensees. Whenever such sixty-day period shall have elapsed without the solemnization of a marriage of the licensees, the license shall expire.

The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent licensees from applying for or receiving an additional license, either before or after expiration of any license, but no new license shall be issued except in compliance with all provisions of law applicable to the issuance of a license in the first instance.

1958, c. 8; 1968, c. 318.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2013–2017 · leading case: MacDougall v. Levick, 805 S.E.2d 775 (Va. 2017).
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MacDougall v. Levick, 805 S.E.2d 775 (Va. 2017). · cites it 12× “12 Finally, Levick turns to Code § 20-14.1, which states in part that a marriage license constitutes "authority for a period of only sixty days from the date of issuance for the solemnization of a marriage of the licensees.”
Richard S. Levick v. Deborah MacDougall, 782 S.E.2d 182 (Va. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “Code § 20-14.1 bolsters this conclusion. It provides as follows: Every marriage license issued under § 20-14 shall constitute authority for a period of only sixty days from the date of issuance for the solemnization of a marriage of the licensees.”
Deborah MacDougall v. Richard S. Levick (Va. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “-8- Code § 20-14.1 bolsters this conclusion. It provides as follows: Every marriage license issued under § 20-14 shall constitute authority for a period of only sixty days from the date of issuance for the solemnization of a marriage of the licensees.”
MacDougall v. Levick, 87 Va. Cir. 160 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2013). · cites it 6× “Va. Code § 20-14.1 provides that: Every marriage license issued under § 20-14 shall constitute authority for a period of only sixty days from the date of issuance for the solemnization of a marriage of the licensees.”
Richard S. Levick v. Deborah MacDougall, 776 S.E.2d 456 (Va. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “Code § 20-14.1 bolsters this conclusion. It provides as follows: Every marriage license issued under § 20-14 shall constitute authority for a period of only sixty days from the date of issuance for the solemnization of a marriage of the licensees.”
Deborah MacDougall v. Richard S. Levick (Va. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “Code § 20-14.1 bolsters this conclusion. It provides as follows: Every marriage license issued under § 20-14 shall constitute authority for a period of only sixty days from the date of issuance for the solemnization of a marriage of the licensees.”
Deborah MacDougall v. Richard S. Levick (Va. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “Code § 20-14.1 bolsters this conclusion. It provides as follows: Every marriage license issued under § 20-14 shall constitute authority for a period of only sixty days from the date of issuance for the solemnization of a marriage of the licensees.”
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