---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:244
citation: "R.S. 9:244"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book I › Code Title IV › Chapter 1 › Part IV › Subpart B"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1987, number: 886, section: 3, effective_date: 1988-01-01, role: enactment }
---

# Witnesses required

The marriage ceremony shall be performed in the presence of two competent witnesses of full age.