{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-3-48","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 19-3-48","heading":"Penalty for officiating at illegal marriage ceremony.","body":"If the Governor or any former Governor of this state, any judge, city recorder, magistrate, minister, or other person authorized to perform the marriage ceremony joins together in matrimony any man and woman without a license or the publication of banns or if the person performing the marriage ceremony knows of any disability of either of the parties which would render a contract of marriage improper and illegal, that person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 19 Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 3 Marriage Generally","Article 2 License and Ceremony"],"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 2026-10-18","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T18:57:37Z","sha256":"54ff0f10124fb0a55c55c78015d92bb9bc51977acb90d075aeb2925985daaff1","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-3-47","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-3-49","notices":[{"id":"pro-ga","title":"Georgia bulk release","text":"Georgia bulk files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules retains enacted text and strips editorial matter.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ga.ocga.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}