{"data":{"id":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-4301","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"18 Pa.C.S. § 4301","heading":"Bigamy.","body":"(a) Bigamy.--A married person is guilty of bigamy, a misdemeanor of the second degree, if he contracts or purports to contract another marriage, unless at the time of the subsequent marriage:\n(1) the actor believes that the prior spouse is dead;\n(2) the actor and the prior spouse have been living apart for two consecutive years throughout which the prior spouse was not known by the actor to be alive; or\n(3) a court has entered a judgment purporting to terminate or annul any prior disqualifying marriage, and the actor does not know that judgment to be invalid.\n(b) Other party to bigamous marriage.--A person is guilty of bigamy if he contracts or purports to contract marriage with another knowing that the other is thereby committing bigamy.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES","ARTICLE D OFFENSES AGAINST THE FAMILY","CHAPTER 43 OFFENSES AGAINST THE FAMILY","SUBCHAPTER A DEFINITION OF OFFENSES GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=18\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=43\u0026sctn=1\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:28Z","sha256":"88e5ac8eb9b9221ce84ab8876b0e649dbbb84ce25576454d44b65dfb19bbbffc","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-4121","next":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-4302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}