# Judicial approval · Alaska — Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state

For Judicial approval · Alaska, state is Alaska; minimum age is 16; exception type is Judicial approval; age with judicial approval is the age of 16; additional conditions is the other party to the marriage is not more than three years older, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Alaska _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 16 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Judicial approval _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Age with judicial approval:** the age of 16 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Additional conditions:** the other party to the marriage is not more than three years older _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** Alaska Stat. § 25.05.171 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Alaska Stat. § 25.05.171 (b) A superior court judge may grant permission for a person who has reached the age of 16 but is under the age of 18 to marry and may order the licensing officer to issue the license if the judge finds, following a hearing at which the parents and minor are given the opportunity to appear and be heard, that the marriage is in the best interest of the minor, that the other party to the marriage is not more than three years older

## Source

- https://www.tahirih.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2025-Statutory-Text-Compilation.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2026-12-29.
Part of [Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state](https://referencesource.org/state-minimum-marriage-age-exceptions/).