A civil marriage solemnized before a person professing to be lawfully authorized to do so shall not be adjudged to be void, nor shall its validity be in any way affected, on account of a want of jurisdiction or authority in the supposed officer or person, if the civil marriage is consummated with the full belief on the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully joined in civil marriage.
Minn. Stat. § 517.16
IMMATERIAL IRREGULARITY OF OFFICIATING PERSON DOES NOT VOID.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Pollock-Halvarson v. McGuire (1998)
Most recently applied in Pollock-Halvarson v. McGuire (March 1998)
(8577) RL s 3566; 1978 c 772 s 13; 2013 c 74 s 9
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.