{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-81-2-405","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 81-2-405","heading":"Recognition and validation of a marriage regardless of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of the parties.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Eligible couple\" means two individuals that may legally marry each other in this state.\n(b) \"Specified characteristic\" means the race, ethnicity, or national origin of a party to the marriage.\n(2) Regardless of the date of the marriage, a marriage between two individuals may not be deemed invalid or prohibited because of a specified characteristic.\n(3) The office of a county clerk may not refuse to issue a marriage license to an eligible couple because of a specified characteristic.\n(4)\n(a) The office of a county clerk may not refuse to solemnize the marriage of an eligible couple because of a specified characteristic.\n(b) Subsection (4)(a) does not prevent a county clerk from delegating or deputizing another individual to solemnize a marriage in accordance with Sections 17-70-302 and 81-2-305.","path":["Title 81 Utah Domestic Relations Code","Chapter 81-2 Marriage","Part 81-2-4 Validity of Marriage"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title81/Chapter2/81-2-S405.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"beb9838975f5e9d84e1f4c5386de43c30ce8448ca96c65931f0d1c77004ded92","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-81-2-404","next":"us-ut/utah-code-81-2-406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}