Parental consent and judicial approval · North Carolina
For Parental consent and judicial approval · North Carolina, state is North Carolina; minimum age is 16; exception type is Parental consent and judicial approval; age with parental consent is over 16 years of age and under 18 years of age; additional conditions is may marry a person no more than four years older, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- North Carolina our reading
- Minimum age
- 16 our reading
- Exception type
- Parental consent and judicial approval our reading
- Age with parental consent
- over 16 years of age and under 18 years of age verified
- Additional conditions
- may marry a person no more than four years older verified
- Statutory citation
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 51-2
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What the source says
(a1) Persons over 16 years of age and under 18 years of age may marry a person no more than four years older, and the register of deeds may issue a license for the marriage, only after there has been filed with the register of deeds a certified copy of an order issued by a district court authorizing marriage as provided in G.S. 21-2.1, or a written consent to the marriage, said consent having been signed by the appropriate person as follows:
— tahirih.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- tahirih.orghttps://www.tahirih.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2025-Statutory-Text-Compilation.pdf