Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-105

Minimum age of applicant for license

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc. (2010)

Most recently applied in 268 So. 3d 1009 - James Farmer v. State of Florida (April 2019)

Acts 1937, ch. 81, § 1; C

(1) It is unlawful for any county clerk or deputy clerk in this state to issue a marriage license to any person where: Either of the contracting parties is under seventeen (17) years of age; or

(2) One (1) of the contracting parties is at least seventeen (17) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the other contracting party is at least four (4) years older than the minor contracting party.

(3) Any marriage contracted in violation of subsection (a) may be annulled upon proper proceedings therefor by such person or any interested person acting in the person's behalf.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.