No marriage shall be solemnized without a license therefor. The license shall be issued by the clerk of the county in which the female resides at the time, unless the female is eighteen (18) years of age or over or a widow, and the license is issued on her application in person, in which case it may be issued by any county clerk.
Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2018. — Amended
1984 Ky. Acts ch. 279, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch.
74, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 518, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 14. — Amended
1948 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 1. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2105.