Utah Code § 81-2-205

Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage license --
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Exceptions.
 Whenever a county has adopted a master plan for premarital counseling no resident of the
county may obtain a marriage license without conforming to the plan, except that:
(1) an individual who applies for a marriage license shall have the right to secure the license and to
marry notwithstanding the individual's failure to conform to the required premarital counseling
or the individual's failure to obtain a certificate of authorization from the premarital counseling
board if the individual waits six months from the date of application for issuance of the license;
(2) this part does not apply to any application for a marriage license where both parties are at least
19 years old and neither has been previously divorced;
(3) this part does not apply to any application for a marriage license unless both applicants have
physically resided in Utah for 60 days immediately preceding their application; or
(4) premarital counseling required by this part is considered fulfilled if the applicants present a
certificate verified by a clergyman that the applicants have completed a course of premarital
counseling approved by a church and given by or under the supervision of the clergyman.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 366, 2024 General Session

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