Tex. Family Code § 2.403
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 2.403, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 2.403. PROOF OF IDENTITY AND AGE; OFFENSE.
Official statutory text
(a) The county clerk shall require proof of the identity and age of each party to the declaration of informal marriage to be established by a document listed in Section 2.005(b).
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly provides false, fraudulent, or otherwise inaccurate proof of the person's identity or age under this section. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly provides false, fraudulent, or otherwise inaccurate proof of the person's identity or age under this section. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
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