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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 504 By: Hamilton
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to marriage; amending 43 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 3, which relates to eligibility to marry;
8 imposing age restriction on eligibility to marry;
8 removing exceptions; updating statutory reference;
9 and providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 43 O.S. 2021, Section 3, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 3. A. Any unmarried person who is at least eighteen
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16 (18) years of age and not otherwise disqualified is capable of
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17 contracting and consenting to marriage with a person of the opposite
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18 sex.
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19 B. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, no
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20 person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall enter into the
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21 marriage relation, nor shall any license issue therefor, except:
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22 a. upon the consent and authority expressly given by the
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23 parent or guardian of such underage applicant in the
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24 presence of the authority issuing such license,
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1 b. upon the written consent of the parent or guardian of
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2 such underage applicant executed and acknowledged in
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3 person before a judge of the district court or the
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4 court clerk of any county within the State of
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5 Oklahoma,
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6 c. if the parent or guardian resides outside of the State
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7 of Oklahoma, upon the written consent of the parent or
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8 guardian executed before a judge or clerk of a court
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9 of record. The executed foreign consent shall be duly
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10 authenticated in the same manner as proof of documents
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11 from foreign jurisdictions,
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12 d. if the certificate of a duly licensed medical doctor
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13 or osteopath, acknowledged in the manner provided by
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14 law for the acknowledgment of deeds, and stating that
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15 such parent or guardian is unable by reason of health
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16 or incapacity to be present in person, is presented to
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17 such licensing authority, upon the written consent of
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18 the parent or guardian, acknowledged in the same
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19 manner as the accompanying medical certificate,
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20 e. if the parent or guardian is on active duty with the
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21 Armed Forces of the United States, upon the written
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22 permission of the parent or guardian, acknowledged in
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23 the manner provided by law for acknowledgment of deeds
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24 by military personnel authorized to administer oaths.
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1 Such permission shall be presented to the licensing
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2 authority, accompanied by a certificate executed by a
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3 commissioned officer in command of the applicant, to
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4 the effect that the parent or guardian is on active
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5 duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, or
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6 f. upon affidavit of three (3) reputable persons stating
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7 that both parents of the minor are deceased, or
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8 mentally incompetent, or their whereabouts are unknown
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9 to the minor, and that no guardian has theretofore
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10 been appointed for the minor. The judge of the
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11 district court issuing the license may in his or her
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12 discretion consent to the marriage in the same manner
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13 as in all cases in which consent may be given by a
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14 parent or guardian.
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15 2. Every person under the age of sixteen (16) years is
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16 expressly forbidden and prohibited from entering into the marriage
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17 relation except when authorized by the court:
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18 a. in settlement of a suit for seduction or paternity, or
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19 b. if the unmarried female is pregnant, or has given
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20 birth to an illegitimate child and at least one parent
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21 of each minor, or the guardian or custodian of such
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22 child, is present before the court and has an
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23 opportunity to present evidence in the event such
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24 parent, guardian, or custodian objects to the issuance
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1 of a marriage license. If they are not present the
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2 parent, guardian, or custodian may be given notice of
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3 the hearing at the discretion of the court.
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4 3. A parent or a guardian of any child under the age of
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5 eighteen (18) years who is in the custody of the Department of Human
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6 Services or the Department of Juvenile Justice shall not be eligible
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7 to consent to the marriage of such minor child as required by the
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8 provisions of this subsection.
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9 4. Any certificate or written permission required by this
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10 subsection shall be retained by the official issuing the marriage
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11 license.
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12 C. No marriage may be authorized when such marriage would be
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13 incestuous under this chapter title.
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14 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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