This cuts down on data entry errors. Your application should reflect your current full, legal names, not the name s you intend to take after marriage. The check or money order must include your address. Starter checks are not accepted. Please provide a physical mailing address where we should return your packet. If you do not include a return address, we will use the one on the application.
Ceremonies can be conducted by video, but we must receive the actual physical certificate, properly executed, for your marriage to be valid. When we issue a marriage license, Washington state law requires a three-day waiting period before you can use it.
Licenses are valid for 60 days after the three-day waiting period. Pick your wedding ceremony date and the dates below it will show when you should obtain your marriage license. Don't wait til the last minute! A marriage license purchased from any county in Washington State can be used to get married anywhere in the state.
If you plan to marry in another state or country, you must apply for its marriage license and comply with its laws for getting married. A marriage in another jurisdiction is valid in Washington State if it is not prohibited by Washington state law. Option 1 Apply online.
Option 2 Apply by mail. Obtaining the license is just the first step in making your marriage official. Select the "2. Have the ceremony" tab to review the next step. Who can officiate the ceremony? State law prescribes who can perform a marriage ceremony: active and retired Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges, Superior Court judges, Superior Court commissioners, and judges of courts of limited jurisdiction, as well as any regularly licensed or ordained minister or priest of any church or religious denomination.
See Chapter Ministers from any state may perform marriage ceremonies, but the ceremony must be performed in the State of Washington. Neither person getting married may perform the ceremony.
To schedule a wedding with a judge click on the links below for instructions and contact information:. Immediately following the ceremony, the couple, the officiant, and two witnesses must sign the marriage certificate. It is the officiant's responsibility to complete and return the license to King County within 30 days after the ceremony.
Immediately following the ceremony, the couple, the officiant, and two witnesses must sign the license. The officiant can walk into any of our locations to drop it off in person or use the self-addressed envelope provided in your application packet to mail it.
If you were married in or later, check if your certificate has been processed by searching online records. If your record shows a "Marriage Certificate" Doc Type, then you can request a copy. Marriages to present. If you were married in or earlier, you can request copies from Washington Sate Digital Archives.
To apply from a computer that is outside of the Kings County network, please click here. To apply from a computer that is inside of the Kings County network, please click here.
In order to be issued a marriage license, you must be age 18 or over, and provide an acceptable form of photo identification Driver's License, Matricula, Passport, etc. Marriage licenses issued in Kings County are valid for marriage ceremonies performed anywhere in the State of California, and are valid for 90 days from the date of issuance.
Marriage ceremonies are performed by the Clerk - Recorder on Thursdays by appointment only. The first appointment of the day is available at a. You must bring at least one witness for the ceremony that is 18 years of age or older. You may schedule an appointment online by clicking below. License - authorizes an official to solemnize the ceremony.
Certificate - officially documents that the ceremony took place. Return - similar to the certificate, but contains more detailed statistical and personal information. It was also filed with a different county agency. Note: In many United States counties, the terms license , certificate and return are often used interchangeably as names for an official document proving that a marriage has occurred. In King County, they represent distinct records.
King County Archives E. Fir St. Seattle, WA Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 9 am-4 pm. Please note the Archives is closed Wednesdays.
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