Tennessee Statutes

§ 36-3-305 — Solemnizing marriage between incapable persons - Misdemeanor

Tennessee § 36-3-305

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-305 (2026).

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Any such minister or officer who knowingly joins together in matrimony two (2) persons not capable thereof commits a Class C misdemeanor and shall also forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), to be recovered by action of debt, for the use of the person suing.

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Related

In Re: Jalen O-H.
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2017)

Legislative History

Code 1858, § 2446 (deriv. Acts 1778, ch. 7, § 5); Shan., § 4196; mod. Code 1932, § 8423; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-419; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.

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