{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-23","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-23","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 46-4). Joining persons in marriage knowingly without authority.","body":"Any person who undertakes to join persons in marriage, knowing that he is not authorized to do so, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.","path":["TITLE 46b. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 815e*. MARRIAGE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_815e.htm#sec_46b-23","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"c50a71253bf5f447abff23247891eb785396f875f5cf7afecf008e84fc964cd7","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-22b","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}