{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-25.05.281","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 25.05.281","heading":"Marriage solemnized by unauthorized person.","body":"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.","path":["Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations.","Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code.","Article 5. Solemnization."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#25.05.281","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:56Z","sha256":"7502aa49072839e96f1fe1d6c24a983b4cc97d1573fe5c1b74c92646d66a7b6d","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-25.05.280","next":"us-ak/as-25.05.291"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}