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	MARRIAGE
451.010	Marriage a civil contract. (8/28/1939)
451.020	Certain marriages prohibited — official issuing licenses to certain persons guilty of misdemeanor. (8/28/1983)
451.022	Public policy, same sex marriages prohibited — license may not be issued. (8/28/2001)
451.030	Bigamous marriage void. (8/28/1939)
451.040	Marriage license required, waiting period — presence not required, when — application, contents — license void when — common law of marriages void — lack of authority to perform marriage, effect — online applications, procedure. (8/28/2021)
451.080	Recorder to issue license — form of. (8/28/2001)
451.090	Issuance of license prohibited, when — parental consent, when required — proof of age. (8/28/2018)
451.100	Marriages solemnized by whom. (8/28/1998)
451.110	Certificate of marriage to be given. (8/28/1939)
451.115	Marriages illegally solemnized — penalty. (8/28/1983)
451.120	Penalty for solemnizing marriage without license, or failing to keep a record thereof. (8/28/1983)
451.130	Penalty for failure to issue, record or return license. (8/28/2001)
451.150	Licenses to be recorded — fee. (6/15/1987)
451.151	Additional fee for issuing marriage license or certified copies — amount to be collected by county recorder, duty to deposit — how. (8/28/1992)
451.160	Names of children born before marriage shall be recorded. (8/28/1939)
451.170	Lost record of marriage supplied, how. (8/28/1939)
451.180	New certificate obtained, how. (8/28/1939)
451.190	Record supplied by certificate of witnesses, how. (8/28/1939)
451.200	Certificates and affidavits recorded when records lost or destroyed — fee. (8/28/1939)
451.210	Rerecording where marriage records are destroyed — fee. (8/28/1939)
	MARRIAGE CONTRACTS
451.220	Marriage contracts to be in writing, acknowledged or proved. (8/28/1939)
451.230	How acknowledged or proved — to be recorded, where. (8/28/1939)
451.240	Contract so recorded shall impart notice, to whom. (8/28/1939)
	RIGHTS OF MARRIED PERSONS
451.250	Married persons to hold real and personal property as separate property — liable for what. (8/28/2001)
451.260	Rents of married person's real estate exempt from liability for spouse's debts, when. (8/28/2001)
451.270	Property of married person exempt from debts of spouse incurred before marriage. (8/28/2001)
451.290	Wife deemed femme sole, when. (8/28/1939)
451.300	Conveyance of property when one of the spouses is disabled and under conservatorship or a guardian ad litem is appointed. (8/28/2001)

- Cross References
	Deaf persons, auxiliary services and aids, 476.750 to 476.766
	Family courts, Chap. 487
	Same-sex marriage prohibited, Const. Art. I, Sec. 33