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Utah Code § 81-2-405: Recognition and validation of a marriage regardless of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of the parties.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 81 Utah Domestic Relations Code
  2. Chapter 81-2 Marriage
  3. Part 81-2-4 Validity of Marriage

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Eligible couple" means two individuals that may legally marry each other in this state.

(b) "Specified characteristic" means the race, ethnicity, or national origin of a party to the marriage.

(2) Regardless of the date of the marriage, a marriage between two individuals may not be deemed invalid or prohibited because of a specified characteristic.

(3) The office of a county clerk may not refuse to issue a marriage license to an eligible couple because of a specified characteristic.

(4)

(a) The office of a county clerk may not refuse to solemnize the marriage of an eligible couple because of a specified characteristic.

(b) Subsection (4)(a) does not prevent a county clerk from delegating or deputizing another individual to solemnize a marriage in accordance with Sections 17-70-302 and 81-2-305.

Collected 2026-09-03T11:34:34Z. Source file · JSON

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