{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-37-1-15","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 37:1-15","heading":"Solemnizing without presentation of license; disorderly persons offense.","body":"Any person, not authorized by R.S.37:1-13  to solemnize marriages or civil unions, who solemnizes a marriage or civil union or any person or religious society, institution or organization, authorized to solemnize marriages or civil unions, who solemnizes a marriage or civil union without the presentation of a license therefor, obtained in accordance with the provisions of article two of this chapter (R.S.37:1-2 et seq.), shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense, and punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.\nAmended 1948, c.127; 2006, c.103, s.18.","path":["TITLE 37 MARRIAGES AND MARRIED PERSONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"cf429748f485061121224d7b413057d590fd717d771535ca0546b76b3761f9b5","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-37-1-14","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-37-1-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}