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

For Parental consent and judicial approval · Iowa, state is Iowa; minimum age is 16; exception type is Parental consent and judicial approval; age with parental consent is sixteen or seventeen years of age; statutory citation is Iowa Code § 595.2, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Iowa _(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:** sixteen or seventeen years of age _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** Iowa Code § 595.2

## What the source says

> 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.

## 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.
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