- Contact us immediately to secure your date and time.
- Decide on a few locations for your ceremony keeping in mind the number of guests that you will have in attendance. If you will have more than 20 people in your wedding party, you may need a permit for some locations.
- Gather identification such as a valid driver's license, a non-driver's identification card, learner's permit (NY State only), Active Duty United States military identification card, valid passport, U.S. Certificate of Naturalization, valid U.S. Permanent Resident card, valid U.S. Employment Authorization card, birth certificate and divorce papers (if applicable). Expired forms of identification will not be accepted.
- Decide if you will change your name. See Name Change Options on the Office of the City Clerk's official website.
- Purchase a $35 money order to pay for the marriage license from a post office, bank or drugstore. You also have the option of paying by credit card.
- Go to one of the City Clerk's Offices with your partner in person to apply for your marriage license 24 hours before the ceremony. The license is valid for 60 days.
- Choose one or two legal witnesses over 18 years of age. If you do not have a legal witness, let us know and we will secure witnesses for you.
- Decide if you will exchange rings.
- Enjoy your personalized wedding ceremony.
- Sign your marriage license along with the witnesses and wedding officiant in black ink only.
- Make sure the official date and time is incuded on the license.
- Have the wedding officiant make a copy and mail in the license in the self-addressed envelope provided by the City Clerk's Office within 5 days of the ceremony.
- Wait 2-3 weeks to have the license mailed back to you.
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