Maine § 19-A §655 Authorization; penalties

Maine Statutes

§ 19-A §655 — Authorization; penalties

Maine § 19-A §655

Title 19-ADOMESTIC RELATIONS

Part 2MARRIED PERSONS

Ch. 23MARRIAGE

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 19-A §655 (2026).

Text

1.Persons authorized to solemnize marriages. The following may solemnize marriages in this State: 1-A. Temporary registration certificate. The Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics may issue a temporary registration certificate to solemnize a marriage ceremony to an individual who is a resident of another state and who is authorized under the laws of that state to solemnize marriages.

2.Enforcement. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall enforce this section as far as it comes within the state registrar's power and shall notify the district attorney of the county in which the penalty should be enforced of the facts that have come to the state registrar's knowledge. Upon receipt of this notice, the district attorney shall prosecute the person who violated this section.

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1.
Persons authorized to solemnize marriages.
The following may solemnize marriages in this State:
1-A.
Temporary registration certificate.
The Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics may issue a temporary registration certificate to solemnize a marriage ceremony to an individual who is a resident of another state and who is authorized under the laws of that state to solemnize marriages.
2.
Enforcement.
The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall enforce this section as far as it comes within the state registrar's power and shall notify the district attorney of the county in which the penalty should be enforced of the facts that have come to the state registrar's knowledge. Upon receipt of this notice, the district attorney shall prosecute the person who violated this section.
3.
Religious exemption.
This chapter does not require any member of the clergy to perform or any church, religious denomination or other religious institution to host any marriage in violation of the religious beliefs of that member of the clergy, church, religious denomination or other religious institution. The refusal to perform or host a marriage under this subsection cannot be the basis for a lawsuit or liability and does not affect the tax-exempt status of the church, religious denomination or other religious institution.

Legislative History

PL 1995, c. 694, §B2 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 574, §6 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 111, §§2-5 (AMD). IB 2011, c. 1, §4 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 651, Pt. B, §§4, 5 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 651, Pt. B, §7 (AFF).