# None (18 minimum, no exceptions) · District of Columbia — Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state

For None (18 minimum, no exceptions) · District of Columbia, state is District of Columbia; minimum age is 18; exception type is None (18 minimum, no exceptions); statutory citation is D.C. Code § 46-411, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** District of Columbia _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 18 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** None (18 minimum, no exceptions) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** D.C. Code § 46-411 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> D.C. Code § 46-411 If any person intending to marry and seeking a license therefore shall be under 18 years of age, the Clerk shall not issue such license.

## 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/).