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Common Law Marriage States. Currently, only nine states (Alabama, Colorado, Kansas, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, and Texas) and the District of Columbia recognize common-law marriages contracted within their borders.
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia recognize common-law marriages. In some of these states the law exists in case law rather than statute. Table 1 shows the 16 jurisdictions and any restrictions they place on common-law marriage recognition.