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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Marriage License Information
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MARRIAGE
LICENSE...
To get married in California, you must purchase a License
in this State by the County Clerks
Office. The
two types of Marriage Licenses offered are Regular
and Confidential.
All marriage licenses are good for 90 days from the time of purchase.
The Regular Marriage License is of public
record and requires one Witness.
The couple MUST be over 18 and both must apply together, in person, at the
county clerks office. This license may be purchased in one county and used in another county.
It is Open for public viewing and is published in newspapers.
AConfidential Marriage License may ONLY be issued to unmarried partners who are both 18 years or older, are living together as a married couple, and must sign an affidavit
on the application & license attesting to those facts.
The couple MUST be married in the county where
the license is issued. No witnesses are required to be at the ceremony,
AND no witnesses sign
on the marriage
license.
If previously married, they must know MONTH, DAY & YEAR the judgment of dissolution of marriage, court order or annulment was made final (there is a specific date stated on face of judgment that indicates the date the marital status ended).
If judgment was made final within the last 90 days, the Office of the Clerk-Recorder requires notary ministers to request proof, by way of documentation.
Minors may NOT purchase a confidential marriage license.
Emancipated minors CAN NOT purchase a confidential marriage license.
This marriage license is a confidential record and is registered at
the County Clerk's Office in the
county where it was purchased. Only
the marriage partners may purchase copies of the marriage
license and must
present valid picture identification together with the required fee
to the County
Clerk in order to do so. Persons other than the marriage partners requesting copies of a confidential
marriage license may only
do so by presenting a court order to the County Clerk in the county
where the license is registered.
This
license is not open for public viewing & it takes the marriage partners or a Court Order to
get a copy of it.
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CONFIDENTIAL MARRIAGE
LICENSE APPLICATION
Please type in your answers when the application opens up,
then print & sign, then either email or mail to I do Vows.
ALSO....Brides, if you with to change your name,
you are now required do so directly on your marriage license!
However, you MUST download & read the "Name Equality Act" Pamphlet.
We can NOT accept hand written applications!
If you have difficulty opening the documents, then right click on
the pdf, choose "Save Target As", save it to your computer, then open it.
If you do NOT have Adobe Acrobat or Reader, then click below to
DOWNLOAD ADOBE READER
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES
LICENSE IS LEGAL WORLD WIDE
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HOW
TO ORDER A CERTIFIED COPY OF YOUR
CONFIDENTIAL MARRIAGE LICENSE
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*** PLEASE NOTE ***
To all of my couples to whom we have issued their Marriage License
I
know that most of the time our newlyweds don't remember
everything when
their paperwork
is handed over to them.
So....here it is again in print!
You will NOT receive a copy of your marriage license after you have
been married UNTIL you request and pay for a
certified copy from the
County Clerk or County Recorder.
You should receive your certified copy within 3 weeks after your request
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A certified copy of your Confidential
License must be OBTAINED at the County Clerks office,
In the County where the marriage was performed, by one of three
ways:
PLEASE NOTE:
ONLY the marriage partners may purchase copies of their confidential marriage license.
1.
Mail in or submit in person the completed and signed application attached
to the
original
confidential marriage license (this may be done ONLY once). If mailing,
use the envelope you
were given and a check ($15.00 for
each
certified copy).
2. Request a copy online from VitalChek (you must have your signature
acknowledged by a notary public).
If you loose the application given to you by RevGail, then you MUST do one of the following:
3.
Appear in person with current government-issued photo Identification at the Santa
Barbara
County
Clerk-Recorder's Office.
OR
4. Appear in person before a County Clerk OR Notary Public in your county of
residence with
current government-issued photo Identification and
obtain a
Notarized Certificate of identification
attesting to your identity. Mail in or submit in
person the Certificate, along with a copy request, to
the Santa Barbara
County
Clerk-Recorder's Office. In other words... write
a letter, have the
letter
notarized and send a check in the amount for
however many copies you
want.
Certified
copies cost $15.00 apiece. When ordering by mail, send your request
to the Santa
Barbara address listed below. Please send your application (or letter), certificate of
identity and your payment. Please allow three to four
weeks to receive
your certified copy.
Santa
Barbara County Clerk-Recorder
Hall of Records
P.O. Box 159
Santa Barbara , CA, 93102
805-568-2250
Hours
are Mon - Fri. 8:30am - 4:30pm
Prices for licenses has recently increased to:
$87.00 for Regular License
$95.00 for the Confidential License
$13.00 for each Certified Copy plus $2.00 Mailing fee |
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BRIDES:
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR NAME
1. Obtain a certified copy of your
marriage license as described above.
2. Contact the Social Security
Administration (SSA) to change your name on their records:
Complete an Application For A Social Security Card.
Take (or mail) your completed application
and documents to your local
Social Security office.
Show proof of your U.S. citizenship or
immigration status, legal name
change and identity.
All documents must be either originals or copies certified by the
issuing agency. They cannot
accept photocopies or notarized copies
of documents.
3. Take your certified marriage license and new social security
card to the Department of Motor
Vehicles.
Complete application form DL 44 (An original DL 44 form must be submitted.
Copies
will not be accepted.
Give a thumb print, have your picture taken, pay the application fee
DMV
electronically verifies your name, birth date and social security
number with the SSA. If your
information does not verify, you will
not receive your new California driver license or identification
card.
You will receive a Request for Verification of Information letter
from DMV informing you that
the information you provided (name, birth
date, and/or SSN) does not match SSA's records. You
will be issued an interim license valid for 60 days and/or a receipt
for your ID card until you
receive your new photo license and/or photo
ID card in the mail. Check your address before you
leave DMV and tell
the DMV representative if your address is incorrect. Your new license
and/or
ID card will be mailed to you within 60 days. If you do not
receive your license and/or ID card after
60 days, call 1 (800) 777-0133
to check on the status. Have your interim license and/or ID card
receipt
with you to provide information when requested.
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TO
OBTAIN AN APOSTILE OR EXEMPLIFIED COPY OF A
CERTIFIED
MARRIAGE
LICENSE FOR USE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY
First, you will need to request a certified copy of your marriage license.
Once you receive it, you will need to send these 4 items to the Secretary of State:
1. The certified copy of your marriage license
2. $20.00 USD (this is the fee for the apostile)
3. Include a cover letter requesting the apostile (please indicate which country Apostile is for)
4. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope
Mail these item to:
Secretary of State
Notary Public/Apostile/Authentification
P.O. BOX 942877
Sacramento, CA 94277-0001
Phone (916) 653-3595
California Secretary of State
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