# MCL 551.16

MCL 551.16, “Want of jurisdiction or authority to solemnize marriage; affect on marriage”, is an MCL section; in force.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d566-89c1-7332-af93-f1e39bc55fb7>

Type: [schema:Legislation](https://schema.org/Legislation)

- `adms:identifier`: [mcl-object mcl-551-16](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d566-89c2-72fd-afd4-94f1b1fc31f2)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`: [evidence from https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-551-16](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d566-89c1-7332-af93-f1e2687b7207)
- `schema:legislationIdentifier`: MCL 551.16
- `schema:legislationJurisdiction`: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa)
- `schema:legislationLegalForce`: [schema:InForce](https://schema.org/InForce)
- `schema:legislationType`: [MCL section](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/leg/mclSection)
- `schema:name`: Want of jurisdiction or authority to solemnize marriage; affect on marriage.
- `schema:url`: [https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-551-16](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-551-16)
- `skos:prefLabel`: MCL 551.16

## Elsewhere

- [Official page](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-551-16) (www.legislature.mi.gov)

## Pointing here

- Changed by bills (7; `schema:legislationChanges`):
  - [HB 4297 (2019-2020)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d566-ede4-7789-a77b-16306c60423e)
  - [HB 4859 (2019-2020)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d567-1438-7764-9032-cec0d2ad114e)
  - [HB 5319 (2023-2024)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d568-c101-7677-8568-ea555adc6257)
  - [HB 5675 (2021-2022)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d567-ed6c-7727-a07b-06c1edd45bd7)
  - [HB 6519 (2021-2022)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d568-1d2c-74cb-a65e-8d0ea23443d3)
  - [SB 1166 (2023-2024)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d569-1d8d-7789-a073-1a88af82d682)
  - [SB 287 (2025-2026)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d56a-4160-7248-a16d-7730a5c12b04)
- Amended by (4; `eli:amends`):
  - [1972 PA 211](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d565-6294-7584-b336-0afc15f32029)
  - [1975 PA 175](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d565-629b-76c9-aaf0-212529dc8782)
  - [1979 PA 24](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d565-629c-746d-abad-2d1023588e18)
  - [2006 PA 419](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d565-629d-7178-9a15-52c64a1c8a11)

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Cite as: MCL 551.16. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d566-89c1-7332-af93-f1e39bc55fb7
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