MARRIAGE

See also ANNULMENT; DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; LEGAL SEPARATION

Age

Insufficient grounds for annulment, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.04

Proof of age, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.08

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.02

Underage, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.02

Witnesses, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.10

Antenuptial agreements

Electronic estate planning nontestamentary documents, Minn. Statutes 2026 533.02

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 519.11

Statutory rule against perpetuities, Minn. Statutes 2026 501A.04

Bigamy, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.355

Breach of contract, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2026 553.01 to 553.03

Breach of marriage promise, Minn. Statutes 2026 553.01 to 553.03

Ceremonies, see Solemnization under this topic

Certificates and certification

Amendment, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2181, 517.103

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.101, 600.20

Corrections, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2181

Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.223, 517.10, 517.13

Prima facie evidence of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2026 600.20

Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.10, 517.13

Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.10

Security of vital records system, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2131

Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.10

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.13, 517.14

Vital records, marriage certificates defined as, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212

Change of name

Convicted persons, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.115, 259.13, 517.08

Marriage license applications, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.08

Civil marriage officiants, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.04

Civil marriages, construction of law, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.23

Cohabitation, see COHABITATION

Community property, see COMMUNITY PROPERTY

Consent

Capacity lacking annulment, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.02

Developmentally disabled wards, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.03

Parties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.01

Consummation, physical capacity lacking, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.02

Contracts and agreements

Breach of marriage promise, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2026 553.01 to 553.03

Civil marriages, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.23

Husbands and wives, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2026 519.06

Marriage defined as civil contract, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.01

Statute of frauds, Minn. Statutes 2026 513.01

Conveyances, husbands and wives, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2026 519.03, 519.04, 519.07

Convicted persons, child custody, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 257.026

Criminal sexual conduct, consent, and social relationship of parties, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.341

Definitions

Civil marriages, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.23

Domestic relations, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.01

Intestate estates, Minn. Statutes 2026 524.2-201

Developmentally disabled persons

Human Services Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 252A.111, 517.03

Licenses, see same under this topic

Wards, consent, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.03

Divorce, see DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

Evidence of

Admissions, Minn. Statutes 2026 602.02

Cohabitation, Minn. Statutes 2026 602.02

Marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2026 600.20

False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.83

Fees, marriage licenses, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.08

Forms, license applications, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.08

Gender-neutral language, civil marriages, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.201

Illegal marriages, violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.14

Income taxes, determination of marriage, Internal Revenue Code, Minn. Statutes 2026 289A.08

Lawsuits, right of action abolished, Minn. Statutes 2026 553.01 to 553.03

Licenses

Amendment, error correction, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.103

Applications, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.02, 517.03, 517.08

Convicted persons, change of name, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.115, 259.13, 517.08

Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 485.27

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.08

Obtaining, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.07

Required, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.01

Saint Louis County, deputy court administrator, Minn. Statutes 2026 484.44

Marital privilege of witnesses

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 595.02

Prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.326

Married persons, patients bill of rights, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.651

Missing persons, dissolution if declared dead, Minn. Statutes 2026 578.19

Null and void

Exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.01

Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.02

Irregularity of officiating person, exception, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.16

Marriages subsequent to April 26, 1941, unlawfully contracted, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.01

Prohibited marriages, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.01, 517.03, 518.01

Oaths

Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.06

Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.08

Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.06, 517.08

Parent and child relationship, not dependent on marriage, Minn. Statutes 2026 257.53

Policy of state, breach of contract to marry, Minn. Statutes 2026 553.01

Premarital education, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.08

Previous marriage, null and void status, dissolution of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.01

Prohibited marriages

Contract violations, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.01

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.03

Null and void, Minn. Statutes 2026 518.01

Promise of marriage, coercion for use in prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2026 611A.80 to 611A.88

Records and record keeping

Amendments, error correction, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.103

Certificates and certification, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.10, 517.13

Licenses, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.08

Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.10

Remarriage, see REMARRIAGE

Same sex-civil marriages, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.201

Solemnization

Court commissioners, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.041

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.04, 517.09, 517.10

Oaths, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.06, 517.08

Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.06, 517.08

Performing, Minn. Statutes 2026 484.62, 489.02

Unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.15

Validity, irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.16

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.14

Witnesses authorized, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.01, 517.09

Status of spouses, separation, effect on trusts, Minn. Statutes 2026 501C.1207

Validity

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.20

Irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.16

Venue, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.07

Violations and penalties

Ceremony, unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.15

False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.83

Licenses, violations, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.08

Solemnization, violations, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.15

Void marriages, see Null and void under this topic

Witnesses

Age requirement, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.10

Signatures on marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.10

Solemnization, authority, Minn. Statutes 2026 517.01, 517.09