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AS 25.05.281: Marriage solemnized by unauthorized person.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations.
- Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code.
- Article 5. Solemnization.
After a license has been obtained, a marriage solemnized before a person professing to be a person authorized to solemnize marriages in the state under AS 25.05.261(a) is valid regardless of a lack of power or authority in the person, if the marriage is consummated with a belief on the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully joined in marriage.
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