51-3.2. Marriage licensed and solemnized by a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe.
(a) Subject to the restriction provided in subsection (b), a marriage between a man and a woman licensed and solemnized according to the law of a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe shall be valid and the parties to the marriage shall be lawfully married.
(b) When the law of a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe allows persons to obtain a marriage license from the register of deeds and the parties to a marriage do so, Chapter 51 of the General Statutes shall apply and the marriage shall be valid only if the issuance of the license and the solemnization of the marriage is conducted in compliance with this Chapter. (2001-62, s. 5.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 1 - General Provisions.
§ 51-1 - Requisites of marriage; solemnization.
§ 51-1.1 - Certain marriages performed by ministers of Universal Life Church validated.
§ 51-1.2 - (See Editor's note) Marriages between persons of the same gender not valid.
§ 51-2.1 - Marriage of certain underage parties.
§ 51-2.2 - Parent includes adoptive parent.
§ 51-3 - Want of capacity; void and voidable marriages.
§ 51-3.1 - Interracial marriages validated.
§ 51-3.2 - Marriage licensed and solemnized by a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe.
§ 51-4 - Prohibited degrees of kinship.