MARRIAGE LICENSES IN ALABAMA No marriage shall be solemnized without a license.  Marriage licenses may be issued by the judges of probate of the several counties.  The license is an authority to anyone qualified to solemnize marriage to join together in matrimony the persons therein named.  Any license issued under the provisions of this section…

UNDERAGE MARRIAGE PENALTIES Any person solemnizing the rites of matrimony with the knowledge that either party is under the age of legal consent, or within the degrees prohibited by law, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $1,000.

MINORS AND MARRIAGE IN ALABAMA If the person intending to marry is at least 16 years of age and under 18 years of age and has not had a former wife or husband, the judge of probate shall require the consent of the parents or guardians of the minor to the marriage, to be given…

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