# Parental consent · North Dakota — Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state

For Parental consent · North Dakota, state is North Dakota; minimum age is 16; exception type is Parental consent; age with parental consent is sixteen to eighteen years of age; statutory citation is N.D. Cent. Code § 14-03-02, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** North Dakota _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 16 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Parental consent _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Age with parental consent:** sixteen to eighteen years of age _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** N.D. Cent. Code § 14-03-02

## What the source says

> If a person is sixteen to eighteen years of age, a marriage license may not be issued without the consent of the parents or guardian, if there are any. A marriage license may not be issued to any person below the age of sixteen, notwithstanding the consent of the parents or guardian of said person.

## 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/).