California Marriage License Information for State of California .....Santa Barbara County              Back To Home
 
State of California County of Santa Barbara Marriage License Information
MARRIAGE LICENSE...
  To have your Marriage Ceremony in the State of California, You must purchase a License in this State.
  In the State of California Two Marriage License are offered.
  Designated County Clerks Office issues the Licenses. @ Santa Barbara, Riverside, Los Angeles, San Diego, 
  Ventura etc,etc,etc.  To many Counties  in California to name.
  The couple MUST be over 18 .
  The two marriage licenses offered. Regular  and  Confidential
  Both the Bride and Groom Must apply together in person to obtain a marriage license week-days
  from the County Clerk.
Some Officiants Can issue Confidential Marriage License Week Ends and Evenings 
If you wish Your Officiant to Issue your Marriage License you must tell your officiant
at the time of Booking your Wedding.  Not all Officiants issue Licenses.
  The Regular Marriage License is of public record and requires one Witness. 
  This license may be purchased in one county and used in another county.
  This License is Open for public viewing and is published in newspapers.
  All marriage licenses are good for 90 days from the time of purchase.
  The  (so called) Confidential Marriage License, (when couple is over 18 & living  together). 
  There are NO witnesses required on this license. 
  This license is not open for public viewing and it takes the Bride or the Groom or  a Court Order 
  to get a copy of it. (This license was put on the Calif. law books over 100 years ago, for
reasons if children were born out of wedlock no one could find out just when the couple
were married.)This marriage is not a secret unless you wish it to be.
This license is Accepted by all Churches (However some may frown on you living together)

Certified Copies of the confidential Lic.Can be OBTAINED through the mail or in person  at the 
  County Clerks office , in the County where the marriage was performed. 

  This Confidential license must be purchased and used in the same county. 
               THERE IS NO BLOOD TEST REQUIRED IN CALIFORNIA SINCE JAN.1995
  Each County charges different for these license. 
  Santa Barbara  County Clerk  is open Mon-Fri.  8:30am til 4:30pm 
  Santa Barbara office is on  the corner of Anapamu St. and 1100 Anacapa St. 
  Most Counties charge around charge $92.00 for Regular License and  $96.00 for the Confidential License. 
  Phone No. for County Clerk in Santa Barbara  805-568-2250
  Certified Copies at this time are  $13.00
You Must bring us Your Marriage License If we do not issue
CLICK HERE To Find out Where your County Clerks RECORDER Office is Located
or Which County Is Convenient For you to go to.  Monday - Fridays 8:30AM to 4:30PM

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

BOTH LICENSE ARE LEGAL WORLD WIDE

 INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBTAINING APOSTILLES OR EXEMPLIFIED COPIES

FOR USE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY
To apply for an apostille or exemplified copy of a certified  marriage license,
you must present the California Secretary of State with the certified copy.
To obtain a certified copy of your Confidential Marriage License
Fill in and tear off the bottom part and send the bottom part and $13.00
for each certified copy you need to the Santa Barbara County Clerk.
Then send the certified copy to the Secretary of State
The fee for the apostille or exemplified copy is $20.00 for mail-in requests.
Please include a cover letter and self-addressed stamped envelope when 
mailing your request to Sacramento, our California State Capitol.
Mail-in address is: 
 Secretary of State
     Notary Public/Apostille/Authentification
P.O. BOX 942877
Sacramento, CA  94277-0001
Phone (916) 653-3595