Michigan Compiled Laws
R-S-1846-551-1-83 - Chapter 83 Chapter 83. of Marriage and the Solemnization Thereof. (551.1...551.18)
Section 551.5 - Bigamy Prohibited.

Sec. 5.
No marriage shall be contracted whilst either of the parties has a former wife or husband living, unless the marriage with such former wife or husband, shall have been dissolved.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 83 ;-- CL 1857, 3208 ;-- CL 1871, 4723 ;-- How. 6213 ;-- CL 1897, 8592 ;-- CL 1915, 11366 ;-- CL 1929, 12694 ;-- CL 1948, 551.5