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KRS 402.050

Who may solemnize marriage -- Persons present

Known as the Kentucky Sickle Cell Disease Detection Act

The act spans §§ 402–402 (37 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case J.N.R. v. O'Reilly (2008)

Most recently applied in Pinkhasov v. Petocz (January 2011)

Effective: July 15, 1996 History: Amended 1996 Ky

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(1) Marriage shall be solemnized only by:

(a) Ministers of the gospel or priests of any denomination in regular communion with any religious society;

(b) Justices and judges of the Court of Justice, retired justices and judges of the Court of Justice except those removed for cause or convicted of a felony, county judges/executive, and such justices of the peace and fiscal court commissioners as the Governor or the county judge/executive authorizes; or (c) A religious society that has no officiating minister or priest and whose usage is to solemnize marriage at the usual place of worship and by consent given in the presence of the society, if either party belongs to the society.

(2) At least two (2) persons, in addition to the parties and the person solemnizing the marriage, shall be present at every marriage.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.