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255.00 – Unlawfully solemnizing a marriage

§ 255.00 Unlawfully solemnizing a marriage.

A person is guilty of unlawfully solemnizing a marriage when:

1. Knowing that he is not authorized by the laws of this state to do
so, he performs a marriage ceremony or presumes to solemnize a marriage;
or

2. Being authorized by the laws of this state to perform marriage
ceremonies and to solemnize marriages, he performs a marriage ceremony
or solemnizes a marriage knowing that a legal impediment to such
marriage exists.

Unlawfully solemnizing a marriage is a class A misdemeanor.

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