When both applicants for a marriage license are eligible to receive that license pursuant to the other provisions of this chapter and that license is otherwise authorized to be issued pursuant to the other provisions of this chapter, that license may be issued immediately and without any waiting period.
History. Ga. L. 1927, p. 224, § 1A; Code 1933, § 53-202; Ga. L. 1958, p. 214, § 1; Ga. L. 1965, p. 335, § 3; Ga. L. 1972, p. 193, § 4; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1719, § 2; Ga. L. 1989, p. 605, § 1.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1972, p. 193, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, effective July 1, 1972, provided that the purpose of the Act was to reduce the age of legal majority from 21 years of age to 18 years of age so that all persons, upon reaching the age of 18, would have the rights, privileges, powers, duties, responsibilities, and liabilities previously applicable to persons 21 years of age or over. The section further provided that the Act was not to be construed to have the effect of changing the age from 21 to 18 with respect to any legal instrument or court decree in existence prior to the effective date of the Act when the instrument referred only to “the age of majority” or words of similar import, except that any guardianship of the person or property of a minor under the provisions of Title 49 of the 1933 Code, whether such guardianship was created by court order or decree entered before or after the effective date of the Act or under the will of a testator which was executed after the effective date of the Act, would terminate when the ward for whom such guardianship was created reached 18 years of age.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 3 - Marriage Generally
Article 2 - License and Ceremony
§ 19-3-30. Issuance, Return, and Recording of License
§ 19-3-30.1. Premarital Education; Fees; Special Requirements if Marriage Applicant Is 17 Years Old
§ 19-3-31. Issuance of Licenses at Satellite Courthouses in Certain Counties
§ 19-3-32. Penalty for Improper Issuance of License
§ 19-3-33. Application for Marriage License; Contents; Supplement Marriage Report
§ 19-3-33.1. Use of Surname in Application for Marriage License
§ 19-3-34. Marriage Application to Be Filed; Use as Evidence; Transmission to the State Registrar
§ 19-3-35. Issuance of License to Applicants Otherwise Eligible
§ 19-3-35.1. Aids Brochures; Listing of Hiv Test Sites; Acknowledgment of Receipt
§ 19-3-36. Proof of Age of Applicants
§ 19-3-39. Certification and Recordation of Marriage After Publication of Banns
§ 19-3-40. Blood Test for Sickle Cell Disease; Information to Be Provided
§ 19-3-41. Department of Public Health Marriage Manual; Distribution; Rules and Regulations
§ 19-3-41.1. Fact Sheet for Distribution by Premarital Education Providers; Requirements
§ 19-3-42. Effect on Marriage Due to the Lack of Authority in Person Officiating
§ 19-3-43. Marriage in Another State; Effect in This State
§ 19-3-44. Return of License to Parties
§ 19-3-46. Forfeiture for Officiating at Marriage Without License or Banns
§ 19-3-47. Penalty for Filing False Information in Application for License
§ 19-3-48. Penalty for Officiating at Illegal Marriage Ceremony
§ 19-3-49. Acceptance by Judges of Tips, Consideration, or Gratuities