The family legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan establishes the conditions and procedures for entering into marriage, dissolving marriage, and declaring it invalid. It regulates personal non-property and property relations arising within the family between spouses, between parents and children, between other family members, relations related to adoption, guardianship and custody, the fostering of children, the procedure for registering civil status acts, and other family relations.

The forms and procedures for marriage registration in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan are determined by the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.

The conditions for marriage registration in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan are determined for each of the persons entering into marriage according to the legislation of the state of which the person is a citizen at the time of marriage, subject to the requirements of Part 3 of Article 12 and Article 14 of this Code regarding circumstances preventing marriage.

If a person holds both the citizenship of a foreign state and the citizenship of the Republic of Tajikistan, the conditions for marriage registration are governed by the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan. If a person has multiple foreign citizenships, the person may choose the legislation of one of these states to apply.

The conditions for marriage registration of a stateless person in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan are determined by the legislation of the state where this person has their permanent place of residence.

1) Marriages between citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as marriages between citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan and foreign citizens or stateless persons, concluded outside the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan in accordance with the legislation of the state where they were registered, are recognized as valid in the Republic of Tajikistan, provided that there are no conditions or restrictions preventing the marriage as stipulated in Part 3 of Article 12 and Article 14 of this Code.

2) Marriages between foreign citizens, concluded outside the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan in accordance with the legislation of the state where they were registered, are recognized as valid in the Republic of Tajikistan.