Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-882
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Exceptions to the rule of bigamy
Official statutory text
The last preceding section does not extend:
1. To any person whose husband or wife by a former marriage has
been absent for five (5) successive years without being known to
such person within that time to be living; nor,
2. To any person whose husband or wife by a former marriage has
absented himself or herself from his wife or her husband and has
been continually remaining without the United States for a space of
five (5) years together; nor,
3. To any person by reason of any former marriage which has
been pronounced void, annulled or dissolved by the judgment of a
competent court; nor,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 385
4. To any person by reason of any former marriage with a
husband or wife who has been sentenced to imprisonment for life.
1. To any person whose husband or wife by a former marriage has
been absent for five (5) successive years without being known to
such person within that time to be living; nor,
2. To any person whose husband or wife by a former marriage has
absented himself or herself from his wife or her husband and has
been continually remaining without the United States for a space of
five (5) years together; nor,
3. To any person by reason of any former marriage which has
been pronounced void, annulled or dissolved by the judgment of a
competent court; nor,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 385
4. To any person by reason of any former marriage with a
husband or wife who has been sentenced to imprisonment for life.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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