{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-2.403","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 2.403","heading":"PROOF OF IDENTITY AND AGE; OFFENSE.","body":"(a) The county clerk shall require proof of the identity and age of each party to the declaration of informal marriage to be established by a document listed in Section 2.005(b).\n(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly provides false, fraudulent, or otherwise inaccurate proof of the person's identity or age under this section. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 4.14, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 978 (H.B. 3666), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE A. MARRIAGE","CHAPTER 2. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBCHAPTER E. MARRIAGE WITHOUT FORMALITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.2.htm#2.403","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"80d4ce125d76f1535e96c420867c0ed80502a7d01dbf59b46e0e34f85affc9dc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-2.402","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-2.404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}