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A couple obtains a marriage license, exchanges vows before an authorized officiant, and signs the license, but the officiant never returns it to the county clerk for recording. In most U.S. states, what is the legal status of the marriage?

Valid, because recording the license is generally a ministerial step that does not by itself invalidate an otherwise properly solemnized marriage Void, because an unrecorded marriage license has no legal effect Voidable only, until one party files to confirm it Valid only if the couple later cohabits for the statutory common-law period

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Valid, because recording the license is generally a ministerial step that does not by itself invalidate an otherwise properly solemnized marriage

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