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

For Parental consent · West Virginia, state is West Virginia; minimum age is 16; exception type is Parental consent; age with parental consent is under the age of 18 but at least 16 years of age; additional conditions is a marriage license may not be issued to an applicant who is under the age of 18 but who is at least 16 years of age if the person whom the applicant seeks to marry is more than four years older than the applicant, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** West Virginia _(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:** under the age of 18 but at least 16 years of age _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Additional conditions:** a marriage license may not be issued to an applicant who is under the age of 18 but who is at least 16 years of age if the person whom the applicant seeks to marry is more than four years older than the applicant _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** W. Va. Code § 48-2-301

## What the source says

> (b) The clerk of the county commission may issue a marriage license to an applicant who is under the age of 18 but at least 16 years of age if the clerk obtains valid written consent from the applicant and from the applicant's parent or parents or the applicant's legal guardian or guardians as outlined in this section: Provided, That a marriage license may not be issued to an applicant who is under the age of 18 but who is at least 16 years of age if the person whom the applicant seeks to marry is more than four years older than the applicant.

## 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/).