Massachusetts General Laws
Title III - Domestic Relations
Chapter 207 - Marriage

Section 1 - Marriage of Man to Certain Relatives Prohibited - Section 1. No man shall marry his mother, grandmother, daughter,...

Section 2 - Marriage of Woman to Certain Relatives Prohibited - Section 2. No woman shall marry her father, grandfather, son,...

Section 3 - Application of Secs. 1 and 2 - Section 3. The prohibition of the two preceding sections shall...

Section 4 - Polygamy Prohibited; Exception - Section 4. A marriage contracted while either party thereto has...

Section 6 - Marriage During Existence of Former Marriage; Validity - Section 6. If a person, during the lifetime of a...

Section 7 - Marriage of Minors Prohibited; Exception - Section 7. A magistrate or minister shall not solemnize a...

Section 8 - Prohibited Marriages Void Without Judgment - Section 8. A marriage solemnized within the commonwealth which is...

Section 10 - Prohibited Foreign Marriages; Null and Void - Section 10. If any person residing and intending to continue...

Section 14 - Determination of Validity of Marriage - Section 14. If the validity of a marriage is doubted,...

Section 15 - Issue of Certain Void Marriages - Section 15. The issue of a marriage declared void by...

Section 16 - Issue of Marriage Void by Reason of Nonage or Insanity - Section 16. The issue of a marriage declared void by...

Section 17 - Issue of Marriage Void by Reason of Prior Marriage - Section 17. If a marriage is declared void by reason...

Section 18 - Care and Maintenance of Children After Judgment of Nullity of Marriage; Power of Court - Section 18. Upon or after a judgment of nullity, the...

Section 19 - Intention of Marriage; Situs; Time; Fees - Section 19. Persons intending to be joined in marriage in...

Section 20 - Intention of Marriage; Written Notice; Oath - Section 20. The clerk shall require written notice of intention...

Section 23 - Intention of Marriage; Notice; Time and Situs of Receiving - Section 23. The clerk or registrar need not receive notices...

Section 24 - Intention of Marriage; Nonage Minors; Receiving of Notice Prohibited - Section 24. The clerk or registrar shall not, except as...

Section 25 - Nonage Minors; Authorization of Marriage - Section 25. The probate court for the county where, or...

Section 26 - Intention of Marriage; Notice Without Consent; Liability; Cancellation - Section 26. Whoever, without the consent of both parties to...

Section 27 - Intention of Marriage; Adopted Persons - Section 27. A party to an intended marriage who has...

Section 28 - Certificate of Intention of Marriage; Delivery; Time - Section 28. On or after the third day from the...

Section 29 - Certificate of Intention of Marriage; Issuance to Immigrants - Section 29. If either of the parties to an intended...

Section 30 - Certificate of Intention of Marriage; Dispensing With Three Days' Notice - Section 30. Upon application by both of the parties to...

Section 31 - Certificate of Intention of Marriage; Prohibition of Alteration - Section 31. No alteration or erasure shall be made by...

Section 33a - Intention of Marriage; Proof of Age - Section 33A. If it appears from the statements made in...

Section 34 - Minors Residing in Different Towns; Duplicate Copies of Notice of Intention of Marriage; Fees - Section 34. If it is necessary to give notice in...

Section 35 - Refusal of Certificate of Intention of Marriage - Section 35. The clerk or registrar may refuse to issue...

Section 36 - Marriages Without Commonwealth by Citizens; Filing of Certificate of Intention of Marriage - Section 36. Any resident of this commonwealth who marries outside...

Section 37 - Impediments to Marriage; List; Posting - Section 37. The commissioner of public health shall furnish to...

Section 38 - Solemnization of Marriage; Situs; Persons Authorized - Section 38. A marriage may be solemnized in any place...

Section 39 - Solemnization of Marriage; Justice or Non-Resident Clergymen - Section 39. The governor may in his discretion designate a...

Section 40 - Solemnization of Marriage; Records; Returns - Section 40. Every justice of the peace, minister of the...

Section 41 - Solemnization of Marriage; Imperfect Certificates; Correction - Section 41. If a certificate of marriage is found, upon...

Section 42 - Irregular Solemnization of Marriage; Validity - Section 42. A marriage solemnized by a person professing to...

Section 43 - Solemnization of Marriage by Consul - Section 43. Marriages solemnized in a foreign country by a...

Section 44 - Solemnization of Marriage; Fees - Section 44. A city by ordinance and a town by...

Section 45 - Evidence of Marriage; Record - Section 45. The record of a marriage made and kept...

Section 46 - Evidence of Marriage; Certificate of Consul - Section 46. A copy of the record of a marriage...

Section 47 - Evidence of Marriage; Admissions; Repute; Cohabitation - Section 47. Marriage may be proved by evidence of an...

Section 47a - Breach of Contract to Marry Not Actionable - Section 47A. Breach of contract to marry shall not constitute...

Section 47b - Alienation of Affection and Criminal Conversation Not Actionable - Section 47B. Alienation of affection and criminal conversation shall not...

Section 48 - Solemnization of Marriage Without Authority; Penalty - Section 48. Whoever, not being duly authorized by the laws...

Section 49 - Joining Persons in Marriage Without Certificate; Penalty - Section 49. Whoever, being duly authorized to solemnize marriages in...

Section 51 - Violation of Certain Provisions of This Chapter; Penalty - Section 51. Violations of any provision of section seven, twenty-six...

Section 52 - Violation of Law Concerning Making Notice of Intention; False Statements; Penalty - Section 52. Whoever violates any provision of section twenty, and...

Section 53 - Certificate of Intention of Marriage; Issuance to Nonage Persons; Penalty - Section 53. A clerk or registrar issuing a certificate of...

Section 54 - Certificate of Intention of Marriage; Illegal Alteration; Penalty - Section 54. Whoever makes an illegal alteration or erasure on...

Section 56 - Records and Returns of Marriages; Failure to Make; Penalty - Section 56. Whoever neglects to make the record and returns...

Section 57 - Certificate of Intention of Marriage; Failure to Return; Penalty - Section 57. Whoever performs a ceremony of marriage upon a...

Section 58 - Advertising to Perform Marriage Ceremony; Penalty for Illegal Advertising; Business Cards - Section 58. A justice of the peace or other person...