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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:94"
article_number: "94"
status: active
heading: "Absolutely null marriage"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title IV › Chapter 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111067"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1987, No. 886, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988. {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 886, §5.}}"
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1987
    act_number: 886
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1988-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
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# Art. 94. Absolutely null marriage

A marriage is absolutely null when contracted without a marriage ceremony, by procuration, or in violation of an impediment. A judicial declaration of nullity is not required, but an action to recognize the nullity may be brought by any interested person.