Parental consent and judicial approval · Iowa
What is the minimum age for Parental consent and judicial approval · Iowa?
For Parental consent and judicial approval, state is Iowa; minimum age is 16; age with parental consent is sixteen or seventeen years of age; statutory citation is §595.2, recorded from its source on 2026-09-30.
4. A marriage license may be issued to a male and a female either or both of whom are sixteen or seventeen years of age if both of the following apply: a. The parents of the underage party or parties certify in writing that they consent to the marriage.
— legis.iowa.gov, retrieved 2026-09-30
- State
- Iowa our reading
- Minimum age
- 16 our reading
- Exception type
- Parental consent and judicial approval our reading
- Age with parental consent
- sixteen or seventeen years of age verified
- Statutory citation
- §595.2 verified
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Exception type
b. The certificate of consent of the parents, parent, or guardian is approved by a judge of the district court or, if both parents of any underage party to a proposed marriage are dead, incompetent, or cannot be located and the party has no guardian, the proposed marriage is approved by a judge of the district court.
Statutory citation
§595.2 595.2 Gender — age. 1. Only a marriage between a male and a female is valid.
— all from legis.iowa.gov, retrieved 2026-09-30
Source
- legis.iowa.govhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/595.2.pdf