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Va. Code Ann. § 20-30 (2026)

Licenses of persons on federal reservations

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The clerks of the circuit courts of any counties or their deputies and the clerks of the circuit courts of any cities or their deputies are authorized to issue marriage licenses in conformity with the law now governing the same, to any persons desiring to be married on any of the government reservations of this Commonwealth, lying within their respective counties and which reservations were before the acquisition thereof part of the political territory of this Commonwealth, and any marriage ceremony performed on such reservations shall be as legal to all intents and purposes as if performed in any county or city of the Commonwealth, if the person performing the ceremony was qualified to so act.

All marriages heretofore solemnized within the limits of any such reservations are hereby ratified and legalized to all intents and purposes as if performed in any county or city of the Commonwealth.

1930, p. 701; Michie Code 1942, § 5077a.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1993–2016 · leading case: Richard S. Levick v. Deborah MacDougall, 782 S.E.2d 182 (Va. Ct. App. 2016).
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Richard S. Levick v. Deborah MacDougall, 782 S.E.2d 182 (Va. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “” (emphasis added)); Code § 20-30 (“The clerks of the circuit courts .”
Gottlieb v. Crouch, 44 Va. Cir. 268 (Arlington Cir. Ct. 1998). · cites it 3× “The failure to obtain a license to perform the ceremony is similarly penalized under Va. Code § 20-30. While mandating that the parties participate in a ceremony pursuant to the formalities required by § 20-13 and in providing penalties for a clerk or *272 officiant who is not…”
Deborah MacDougall v. Richard S. Levick (Va. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “” (emphasis added)); Code § 20-30 (“The clerks of the circuit courts .”
Richard S. Levick v. Deborah MacDougall, 776 S.E.2d 456 (Va. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “” (emphasis added)); Code § 20-30 ("The clerks of the circuit courts .”
Deborah MacDougall v. Richard S. Levick (Va. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “” She further argues that no Virginia authority defines “solemnization” and maintains that submitting the license to the 2 Although we do not discuss them in detail, we do not overlook the language of other related statutes, which further supports the conclusion that the parties…”
Deborah MacDougall v. Richard S. Levick (Va. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “” She further argues that no Virginia authority defines “solemnization” and maintains that submitting the license to the 2 Although we do not discuss them in detail, we do not overlook the language of other related statutes, which further supports the conclusion that the parties…”
In re Est. of McCarty, 30 Va. Cir. 332 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 1993). “§ 20-30, Code of Virginia, as amended. Thus, the linchpin to an award of compensation is the rule of reason.”
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