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.
If you wish us 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.
They charge $77.00
for Regular License and $79.00 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 Convienant 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
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