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There are just a few states that still allow common law marriage. Texas is one of them. Even those have rules to them though, so you would need to look up what exactly the rules are.

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No. You do not have to be a US citizen to marry in any of the fifty states.

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Yes, they have to be accepted in other states. It is a part of the Constitution.

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