{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-551.16","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 551.16","heading":"Want of jurisdiction or authority to solemnize marriage; affect on marriage.","body":"Sec. 16.\n\nA marriage solemnized before an individual professing to be a district judge, common pleas court judge, district court magistrate, municipal judge, judge of probate, judge of a federal court, mayor, the county clerk or, in a county having more than 2,000,000 inhabitants, an employee of the county clerk designated by the clerk to solemnize marriages, or a minister of the gospel or cleric or religious practitioner shall not be considered or adjudged to be void, nor shall the validity of the marriage be affected, on account of a want of jurisdiction or authority by that individual if the marriage was consummated with a full belief on the part of the individuals married, or either of them, that they were lawfully joined in marriage.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 551","Act R-S-of-1846"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-551-16","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"a0392c0564e594ca748e1a3699f421c6914dd4a5ba75955e072d006e8bd28af7","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-551.15","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-551.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}