Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
FAMILY CODE |
Title 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP |
Subtitle A. MARRIAGE |
Chapter 2. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP |
Subchapter E. MARRIAGE WITHOUT FORMALITIES |
Sec. 2.403. PROOF OF IDENTITY AND AGE; OFFENSE
Latest version.
-
(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).
(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.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 , Sec. 4.14, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 978 , Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2009.