Reply To: Marriage License- Is it required prior to the chassuna?

Charlie: Try to find a single case where anyone was prosecuted on that archaic section that has long been rendered legally moot. It happens multiple times every day that mesader kedushins do not even inquire whether a marriage license was ever procured. I know some of the most prolific mesader kedushins in New York, that have for decades been conducting multiple marriages a week, who don’t ask or care about the status of any civil license.