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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-363 — Leaving Commonwealth to evade law against bigamy

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 4: Family Offenses; Crimes Against Children, Etc, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-363

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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-363Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

If any persons, resident in the Commonwealth, one of whom has a living spouse, shall, with the intention of returning to reside in the Commonwealth, go into another state or country and there intermarry and return to and reside in the Commonwealth cohabiting as a married couple, such marriage shall be governed by the same law, in all respects, as if it had been solemnized in the Commonwealth.

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