No marriage shall be solemnized without a license therefor. The license shall be issued by the clerk of the county in which the female resides at the time, unless the female is eighteen (18) years of age or over or a widow, and the license is issued on her application in person, in which case it may be issued by any county clerk.
KRS 402.080
Marriage license required -- Who may issue
Known as the Kentucky Sickle Cell Disease Detection Act
The act spans §§ 402.005 to 402.990 (37 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case J.N.R. v. O'Reilly (2008)
Most recently applied in David Ermold v. Kim Davis (March 2025)
Effective: July 14, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky
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