Marriages of minors under eighteen years of age · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 15-a. Marriages of minors under eighteen years of age. Any marriage in which either party is under the age of eighteen years is hereby prohibited. Any town or city clerk who shall knowingly issue a marriage license to any persons, one or both of whom shall be at the time of their contemplated marriage actually under the age of eighteen years, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of one hundred dollars.
A marriage is prohibited if either person is under 18 years old. A town or city clerk who knowingly issues the couple a marriage license commits a misdemeanor and, if convicted, must pay a $100 fine. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Clerk in Plain English; Volume 6 — The Court Clerk: Uniform Rules and Everything Else; Volume 4 — Your Career: Family & Related Law in Plain English.