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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:91"
article_number: "91"
status: active
heading: "Marriage ceremony required"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title IV › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111058"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1987, No. 886, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1987
    act_number: 886
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1988-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 91. Marriage ceremony required

The parties must participate in a marriage ceremony performed by a third person who is qualified, or reasonably believed by the parties to be qualified, to perform the ceremony. The parties must be physically present at the ceremony when it is performed.