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

For Parental consent · Tennessee, state is Tennessee; minimum age is 17; exception type is Parental consent; age with parental consent is at least seventeen (17) years of age; statutory citation is Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-105, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Tennessee _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 17 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Parental consent _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Age with parental consent:** at least seventeen (17) years of age
- **Statutory citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-105

## What the source says

> (a) It is unlawful for any county clerk or deputy clerk in this state to issue a marriage license to any person where: (1) Either of the contracting parties is under seventeen years of age; or

## 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/).