(1) A person is guilty of bigamy when, knowing the person has a husband or wife or knowing the other person has a husband or wife, the person purports to marry and cohabitates with the other person.
(2) Bigamy is a third degree felony.
(3) Bigamy is a second degree felony if the accused is also convicted during the same prosecution of the following: (a) inducing marriage or bigamy under false pretenses; (b) fraud; (c) domestic abuse; (d) child abuse; (e) sexual abuse; (f) human trafficking; or (g) human smuggling.
(a) inducing marriage or bigamy under false pretenses;
(b) fraud;
(c) domestic abuse;
(d) child abuse;
(e) sexual abuse;
(f) human trafficking; or
(g) human smuggling.
(4) It is a defense to bigamy that: (a) the accused reasonably believed the accused and the other person were legally eligible to marry; (b) the accused is a person who, under reasonable fear of coercion or bodily harm, left a bigamous relationship as defined in Subsection (1); (c) the accused is a minor who left a bigamous relationship as defined in Subsection (1); or (d) the accused has taken steps to protect the safety and welfare of any minor child of a bigamous relationship.
(a) the accused reasonably believed the accused and the other person were legally eligible to marry;
(b) the accused is a person who, under reasonable fear of coercion or bodily harm, left a bigamous relationship as defined in Subsection (1);
(c) the accused is a minor who left a bigamous relationship as defined in Subsection (1); or
(d) the accused has taken steps to protect the safety and welfare of any minor child of a bigamous relationship.
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