PLEASE NOTE: Licenses are good for 90 days from the date of issuance. If your wedding is more than 90 days away, please do not continue with this application today.
*** If you wish to schedule a virtual civil ceremony, you will be able to add this option in Step 14 of the application process, as well as schedule your appointment. If you choose this option, both the marriage license and marriage ceremony will occur within the same virtual appointment. ***.
PLEASE READ THE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE COMPLETING APPLICATION
- With this application, you are applying for a marriage license issued pursuant to Family Code Section 359.
- Applicants must be 18 years or older. If either party is under 18, you must contact the Clerk of Superior Court.
- Both parties must be present together, in one location, in the same video.
- A valid photo ID, such as a driver's license, is required to verify age and identity.
- If either party was previously married, or had a registered domestic partnership with someone other than the other party, a certified copy of the final dissolution papers is required if the dissolution was granted within last 90 days, otherwise the date of the dissolution is sufficient.
- The marriage license can be used immediately and it must be used within 90 days from the date of issuance.
- The ceremony can take place anywhere in the State of California.
POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR CALIFORNIA MILITARY MARRIAGES INSTRUCTIONS - Pursuant to FC 420(b) (Cha. 476, Statutes of 2004)
- A member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is stationed overseas and serving in a conflict or a war and is unable to appear for the licensure and solemnization of the marriage may enter into that marriage by the appearance of an attorney-in-fact, commissioned and empowered in writing for that purpose through a power of attorney.
- The power of attorney must be completed and signed by the person stationed overseas serving in a conflict or war. The power of attorney form must be witnessed by two military officers or acknowledged by a notary public. If the form is acknowledged by a notary public, it is important to make sure the form has been acknowledged correctly as required in Civil Code Section 1183 & Probate Code 4122.
- The attorney-in-fact and the First Person/Second Person (whoever is not stationed overseas serving in a conflict or a war) must personally appear together with valid picture identification to apply for the marriage license. Contact the County Clerk’s Office for office hours and fees.
- The original power of attorney form must be presented to the County Clerk’s Office at the time the marriage license is issued.
- When applying for a marriage license under these provisions, only a public marriage license may be issued. A confidential marriage license may not be issued.
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