21-3601. Bigamy.
21-3601
21-3601. Bigamy.(a) Bigamy is any of the following:
(1) Marriage within this state by any person who shall haveanotherspouse living at the time of such marriage;
(2) marriage within this state by an unmarried person to apersonknown to such unmarried person to be the spouse of some other person;
(3) cohabitation within this state after marriage in anotherstateor country under circumstances described in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2).
(b) It shall be a defense to a charge of bigamy that the accusedreasonably believed the prior marriage had been dissolved by death,divorce or annulment.
(c) Bigamy is a severity level 10, nonperson felony.
History: L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3601;L. 1992, ch. 239, § 87;L. 1993, ch. 291, § 54; July 1.