Marriage Laws

This page guides you for all the information required while applying for a marriage license in the US states. Exactly what you should know and which documents to bring with before you apply for a marriage license.

One should clear all these kind of legal aspect of about the wedding and get out of it at least a month before the finalized wedding date, so any law or the legal problem can not stop you from the very memorable event of your life like marriage.

As in the United States, church and states are separated, resulting no local governing body is present and that's why the states and their counties have different guidelines for ministers who want to perform marriages.

The links provided below is nothing but the collective information about the state's marriage performance requirements as well as the state's marriage license requirements.

US States Marriage Law Information

Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa

Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Pennsylvania Rhode Island Oregon South Dakota Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine

Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nevada Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York

Oklahoma Ohio South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wyoming Wisconsin

The Marriage License Laws for a male as well as a female to marry keeps on varying from state to state. The most important thing one should do before making any wedding plan is to verify all information by the local marriage license office or county clerk.

The requirements of age and ID proof, previous marriages, waiting period and all are differing in the different states, but the legal and authorized marriage between a male and a female performed in one state must be recognized by other states as well under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the US Constitution.

State and county marriage license requirements keep on changing. So the information provided here is for the guidance only and no one should refer it as exact legal advice.