{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-3-1.1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 19-3-1.1","heading":"Common-law marriage; effectiveness.","body":"No common-law marriage shall be entered into in this state on or after January 1, 1997. Otherwise valid common-law marriages entered into prior to January 1, 1997, shall not be affected by this Code section and shall continue to be recognized in this state.","path":["TITLE 19 Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 3 Marriage Generally","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.19.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"fbc37084dbf2992e9f77d63d1099acccd02f3e2306c03855e508af9f509b5cac","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-3-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-3-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}