Maryland Statutes
Family Law
Title 2 - Marriage

Subtitle 1 - Definitions

Section 2-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...

Subtitle 2 - Valid Marriages; Void Marriages

Section 2-201 - Valid Marriages - (a) This section may not be construed to invalidate any...

Section 2-202 - Marriages Within Certain Degrees of Relationship Void; Penalties - (a) Any marriage performed in this State that is prohibited...

Subtitle 3 - Marriage of Certain Minors

Section 2-301 - Marriage of Individual 16 or 17 Years Old; Marriage of Individual Under the Age of 16 Years - (a) An individual 16 or 17 years old may not...

Section 2-302 - Penalties - A person who violates any provision of this subtitle is...

Subtitle 4 - Licensing and Performance

Section 2-401 - License Required; Penalty - (a) An individual may not marry in this State without...

Section 2-402 - Application for License - (a) An applicant for a license may apply to the...

Section 2-403 - Forms of License and Certificates - (a) (1) A license shall read substantially as follows: “State...

Section 2-404 - Fees for Licenses - (a) (1) The fee for a license is $10. (2)...

Section 2-404.1 - Premarital Preparation Course - (a) (1) A county may discount a marriage license fee...

Section 2-405 - Issuance of License - (a) The clerk for the county in which a marriage...

Section 2-406 - Performance of Ceremony - (a) (1) In this subsection, “judge” means: (i) a judge...

Section 2-407 - False Statements - (a) An individual may not knowingly make any material false...

Section 2-408 - Solicitation of Individuals Contemplating Marriage; Advertising in Solicitation of Marriages - (a) An authorized official may not give or offer to...

Section 2-409 - Signing and Disposition of Marriage Certificates - (a) Each marriage certificate shall contain: (1) the name, signature,...

Section 2-410 - Receipt and Disposition of Clerk's or Deputy Clerk's Fee for Performing Marriage Ceremony - (a) (1) Except as provided in this subsection, a judge,...

Subtitle 5 - Records

Section 2-501 - Marriage License Book - Each clerk shall keep in the clerk’s office a marriage...

Section 2-502 - Foreign Marriage Record Book; Certificate of Records - (a) In this section, “foreign marriage” means a marriage ceremony:...

Section 2-503 - Reports to Secretary of Health; Duplication of Records - (a) At the intervals that the Secretary of Health sets,...