# Parental consent and judicial approval · Arkansas — Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state

For Parental consent and judicial approval · Arkansas, state is Arkansas; minimum age is 16; exception type is Parental consent and judicial approval; age with parental consent is at least seventeen (17) years of age; age with judicial approval is older than sixteen (16) years of age, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Arkansas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 16 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Parental consent and judicial approval _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Age with parental consent:** at least seventeen (17) years of age _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Age with judicial approval:** older than sixteen (16) years of age _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Additional conditions:** the female is pregnant _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** Ark. Code Ann. § 9-11-103 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (a) (1) If an application for a marriage license is made where one (1) or both parties are under eighteen (18) years of age but older than sixteen (16) years of age and the female is pregnant, both parties may appear before a judge of the circuit court of the district where the application for a marriage license is being made.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Age with parental consent

> (1) However, a male or female who is at least seventeen (17) years of age but under the age of eighteen (18) years may contract marriage as provided under this subsection.

## 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/).