Marriage License
Information
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. @ Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, San Diego,
Orange 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.
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 must be used in same county.
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)
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.
Riverside
County Clerk is open Mon-Fri. 8:30am til 4:00pm
They charge
$68.00 for Regular License and $73.00 for the Confidential License.
Certified
Copies at this time are $13.00
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
Apply from The Riverside County Clerks Office
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
Riverside County
Clerk Recorder 909-486-7000
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