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Utah Code 30-1-7

Marriage licenses -- Use within state -- Solemnization requirements -- Expiration.

30-1-7. Marriage licenses -- Use within state -- Solemnization requirements -- Expiration. (1) A marriage may not be solemnized in this state without a license issued by the county clerk of any county of this state. (2) (a) A license issued within this state by a county clerk may only be used within this state. (b) A license is considered used within this state if the officiant is physically present in the state at the time of solemnization of the marriage. (3) A marriage is considered solemnized if: (a) the parties to the marriage have a valid marriage license; (b) each party to the marriage willingly, and without duress, declares their intent to enter into the marriage; (c) each party to the marriage has filed all required affidavits with the county clerk that issued the marriage license as required under Subsection 30-1-10(1); (d) an officiant pronounces the parties as married; and (e) at least two individuals 18 years old or older witness the declarations of intent and the pronouncement. (4) A license that is not used within 32 days after the day on which the license is issued is invalid.

Amended by Chapter 289, 2004 General Session; Amended by Chapter 305, 2021 General Session; Amended by Chapter 424, 2024 General Session

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§ 30-1-30 Premarital counseling or education -- State policy -- Applicability.
§ 30-1-4 Validity of foreign marriages -- Exceptions.
§ 30-1-17.2 Action to determine validity of marriage -- Orders relating to parties, property, and children -- Presumption of paternity in marriage.
§ 30-1-10 Affidavit before the clerk -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-31 Premarital counseling board in county -- Appointment, terms, compensation, offices -- Common counseling board with adjacent county.
§ 30-1-34 Completion of counseling or education.
§ 30-1-38 Fee for counseling.
§ 30-1-2.2 Repealed Validation of interracial marriages.
§ 30-1-5 Marriage solemnization -- Before unauthorized person -- Validity.
§ 30-1-2.4 Recognition and validation of a marriage regardless of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of the parties.
§ 30-1-7 Marriage licenses -- Use within state -- Solemnization requirements -- Expiration.
§ 30-1-4.5 Validity of marriage not solemnized.
§ 30-1-8 Application for license -- Contents -- Power of attorney not permitted.
§ 30-1-6 Who may solemnize marriages -- Certificate.
§ 30-1-2.3 Validation of marriage to a person with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or other sexually transmitted disease.
§ 30-1-3 Marriage in belief of death or divorce of former spouse -- Issue legitimate.
§ 30-1-1 Incestuous marriages void.
§ 30-1-2 Marriages prohibited and void.
§ 30-1-2.1 Validation of marriage to a person subject to chronic epileptic fits who had not been sterilized.
§ 30-1-4.1 Marriage recognition policy.
§ 30-1-9 Marriage by minors -- Consent of parent or guardian -- Juvenile court authorization.
§ 30-1-9.1 Parental consent to prohibited marriage of minor -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-17.4 Action for annulment or divorce as alternative relief.
§ 30-1-12 Clerk to file license and certificate.
§ 30-1-14 Acting without authority -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-13 Solemnization without license -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-15 Solemnization of prohibited marriage -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-16 Misconduct of county clerk -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-17 Action to determine validity of marriage -- Judgment of validity or annulment.
§ 30-1-17.1 Annulment -- Grounds for.
§ 30-1-17.3 Age as basis of action to determine validity of marriage -- Refusal to grant annulment.
§ 30-1-11 Return of license after ceremony -- Penalty for failure to return -- Criminal penalty for false statement.
§ 30-1-32 Master plan for counseling.
§ 30-1-33 Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage license -- Exceptions.
§ 30-1-35 Persons performing counseling services designated by board -- Exemption from license requirements.
§ 30-1-36 Activities included in premarital counseling or education.
§ 30-1-37 Confidentiality of information obtained under counseling provisions.