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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. Marriage license issued. After the filing of notice of intentions of marriage, except as otherwise provided, the clerk or the State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall deliver to the parties a marriage license specifying the time when the intentions were recorded.
2. Repealed. Laws 2001, c. 574, § 4.
3. Void after 90 days. The license is void if not used within 90 days from the day the intentions were filed in accordance with section 651.
4. Repealed. Laws 2001, c. 574, § 4.
5. Repealed. Laws 2025, c. 130, § 2, eff. Sept. 24, 2025.
6. Related parties. A marriage license may not be issued to parties related as described in section 701, subsection 2, unless the clerk or State Registrar of Vital Statistics has received from the parties the physician's certificate of genetic counseling required by section 651.
7. Repealed. Laws 2025, c. 47, § 1, eff. Sept. 24, 2025.
8. Parties under 18 years of age. The clerk or State Registrar of Vital Statistics may not issue a marriage license to a person under 18 years of age.
A to C. Deleted. Laws 2019, c. 535, § 1, eff. June 16, 2020.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A. Domestic Relations § 652. Issuance of marriage license - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-19-a-domestic-relations/me-rev-st-tit-19-a-sect-652/
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