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Utah Code Title 81. Utah Domestic Relations Code § 81-2-405. Recognition and validation of a marriage regardless of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of the parties

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Eligible couple” means two individuals that may legally marry each other in this state.

(b) “Specified characteristic” means the race, ethnicity, or national origin of a party to the marriage.

(2) Regardless of the date of the marriage, a marriage between two individuals may not be deemed invalid or prohibited because of a specified characteristic.

(3) The office of a county clerk may not refuse to issue a marriage license to an eligible couple because of a specified characteristic.

(4)(a) The office of a county clerk may not refuse to solemnize the marriage of an eligible couple because of a specified characteristic.

(b) Subsection (4)(a) does not prevent a county clerk from delegating or deputizing another individual to solemnize a marriage in accordance with Subsections 17-20-4(2) and 30-1-6(2)(l).

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