License Department

LOCATION: Northward Belfry onest Floor, Rm 1300

HOURS:  Monday-Friday, 8:30am - iv:30pm

    Marriage License Applications: 8:30am - 3:15pm

PHONE: 240-777-9460

Application for a Marriage License

Obtaining a marriage license is a fairly straightforward process that takes about 15 minutes to complete. Below are sure rules that yous may desire to keep in mind when applying for a marriage license at the Montgomery County Circuit Courtroom:

  • Maryland requires that a union license be obtained from the Circuit Court in the county where the union is to take place regardless of the residency of the couple to exist married. If y'all are planning to be married in Montgomery Canton, Maryland, you must obtain a wedlock license from the Clerk of Montgomery Canton Excursion Court.
  • The spousal relationship license must be purchased at least 48 hours before the marriage ceremony. Couples can obtain a waiver if a judge approves it. Usually, military service or a family unit illness can be the grounds (reasons) for a waiver. Contact the License Department for boosted information.
  • The license is valid for half dozen months.
  • The $55 marriage awarding/license fee may be paid in greenbacks, coin lodge, or Visa/Mastercard (credit cards can only be used when visiting the courtroom in person). Personal Checks and American Express are not accepted, and there are no refunds.

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    Oftentimes Asked Questions about Marriage Licenses

    If the parties getting married are residents of Montgomery Canton and at least 18 years one-time, they volition appear before the clerk and provide the post-obit under oath:

    • The total proper noun of each party;
    • The place of residence of each political party;
    • The age of each party;
    • Whether the parties are related by blood or marriage and, if so, the degree of relationship;
    • The marital status of each party; and
    • Whether either political party was married previously, and the date and identify of each death or judicial determination that ended any old marriage.

    The parties volition then sign the Marriage Application Course and provide the clerk with the Social Security number of each party who has a Social Security number. (Delight annotation the Marriage Application Grade is non online because parties need to announced in person.)

    Parties do not demand to bring whatever specific form of ID with them when they get a spousal relationship license.

    Individuals 16 or 17 years old may not marry unless:

    • The individual has the consent of a parent or guardian, and the parent or guardian swears that the individual is at least 16 years old; or
    • If the individual does not have the consent of a parent or guardian, either party to be married gives the clerk a certificate from a licensed physician, licensed physician assistant, or certified nurse practitioner stating that the dr., physician banana, or nurse practitioner has examined the woman to be married and has constitute that she is significant or has given birth to a child.

    Individuals 15 years one-time may non ally unless:

    • The individual has the consent of a parent or guardian; and
    • Either party to be married gives the clerk a document from a licensed physician, licensed physician banana, or certified nurse practitioner stating that the dr., dr. assistant, or nurse practitioner has examined the woman to exist married and has institute that she is significant or has given nascency to a child.

    An individual under the age of 15 may not marry.

    Certified copies of Marriage Licenses from 1993 frontwards are available from the Montgomery County Excursion Courtroom.

    You will need certified copies of your wedlock license to utilize equally a legal document of proof of your union for the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), Social Security Administration, etc. You tin can brand a request at any time for a Certified Re-create of your Matrimony License by completing the attached asking (PDF) and sending it to the License Department.

    If y'all are getting married at the court, y'all can purchase a certified copy of your wedlock when you pay for the civil ceremony.

    The toll of a Certified Re-create is $five.50; a Non-Certified copy costs $.50.

    For certified copies of Marriage Licenses earlier 1990 delight contact the Maryland Archives at 410-260-6400 or online.

    For copies of spousal relationship licenses for marriages on or after January 1, 1990, contact the Maryland Vital Statistics Assistants at 800-832-3277 or online.

    Correction to wedlock records must exist requested in writing (along with supporting documentation — for example, a birth certificate to bear witness your name is spelled differently than what is shown on your spousal relationship record). If the error was fabricated by the License Department, there will be no charge for the correction. Yous would consummate the Wedlock License Correction Request class (PDF) and file it with the License Department.

    If incorrect information was given at the time of your marriage application, then you must file a petition to correct a marriage record, with supporting documentation, with the Family Section forth with a fee of $165. The Family unit Section will open a new adapt, and information technology will be sent to the judge for an order to be issued.

    If a couple has been married in another state or country and one of the parties is a citizen of Maryland, the couple may record the marriage ("strange marriage") at the License Department. The parties must provide a document of spousal relationship signed past the individual who performed the marriage or an official certified copy of the matrimony record. There is no fee to tape a foreign marriage.

    Visit the U.South. Passports & International Travel folio for information near planning for a marriage in a foreign country.

    Fees for each of the following, except for ceremonies, may be paid in cash, money gild, or Visa/Mastercard (credit cards tin only be used when visiting the court in person). Personal Checks and American Express are not accustomed.

    • Wedlock License (Resident/Non-Resident): $55.00 – NO REFUNDS
    • Civil Ceremony (if existence washed at the courtroom): $25.00 (cash or coin order)
    • Duplicate License (replacement license prior to union): $10.00
    • Copy of License (not-certified): $.l