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 Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS

 Chapter 451 Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women 
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

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