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.
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.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
§ 36-3-301. Persons Who May Solemnize Marriages
§ 36-3-302. Formula Not Required
§ 36-3-303. Return of License to Clerk — Penalty for Failure to Return — Society of Friends
§ 36-3-304. Form of Certificate
§ 36-3-305. Solemnizing Marriage Between Incapable Persons — Misdemeanor
§ 36-3-307. Nickname in License Does Not Invalidate Marriage
§ 36-3-308. Marriages During War Between the States Validated