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(1) A person commits the offense of bigamy if, while married, the person knowingly contracts or purports to contract another marriage unless at the time of the subsequent marriage:

(a) The person believes on reasonable grounds that the prior spouse is dead;

(b) The person and the prior spouse have been living apart for five consecutive years throughout which the prior spouse was not known by the person to be alive;

(c) A court has entered a judgment purporting to terminate or annul a prior marriage and the person does not know the judgment to be invalid; or

(d) The person reasonably believes she or he is legally eligible to marry.

(2) Bigamy is a Class B offense.