# What would happen if you tried to legally marry somebody with no identification or proof of birth?

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**Created:** [March 2, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-you-tried-to-legally-marry-somebody-with-no-identification-or-proof-of-birth/781185 "2017-03-02T07:14:53Z")\
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> [@Evan\_Drake](#):
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> Well, certainly in Britain I.D. is theoretically required from those under 18; there are notices in every such shop or pub — and it is a sour point that under-5-yr-olds cannot drink alcohol at home — and clubbing is a separate matter; but thing is, although I no longer go to pubs since they stopping smoking, I’ve never _once_ heard an adult being challenged. One just goes to the bar and they serve whatever you want.

I worked as a bouncer, in the UK, and IDing is pretty common, both at the door and at the bar. If you look over about 25, you’re unlikely to be asked, but my 21 year old friend certainly got asked to prove his age last time he went to the pub with me.

Standards have definitely got stricter in recent years as well, I actually got asked for ID more in the year when I was 24 than when I was 17.

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