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Kind of a wreck because I can't get married till 2018 thanks to health insurance

Marriage License- in the county where we live or where we're getting married?

posted 2 years ago in Legal
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    MsAnnaLytical    March 13, 2010   Orlando, FL--finally with my FI!

    Really not sure on this one. We live in one county in Florida, but the place where we're getting married is one county over. Which one do we get the license from? Does it matter since it's in the same state?

     
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    sweetkate    August 29, 2009   San Jose, CA

    We had the same situation and had to get ours in the county where we got married. Not sure if it is different state-by-state though. You could check with your officiant or you could call the county and ask.

     
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    Ember78    December 15, 2012  

    It's usually only valid in the county you are getting married in. Call and make sure since every location may have different laws.

     
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    2dBride    October 6, 2009   Washington, DC.

    Definitely check the specific laws in your state.  Massachusetts allowed us to get a marriage license in any county in the state.

     
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    naangel55    June 20, 2009   Long Beach, CA

    Check the laws of your state - in CA if you want a private license you have to apply for the license in the county you are going to be married.  We did a public license which is most common and we could get it in any county - we went to Orange County for the license and got married in LA County.

     
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    Jessie516    May 16, 2009   Ann Arbor, MI

    As the other folks said, you want to check with your state.  I believe here, you need to get the license in the county in which you're getting married, but that might not be the case everywhere.

     
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    clarebee    August 21, 2010   Vienna, VA (wedding in Greensboro, GA)

    I would get the license in the county that you are getting married in, but again, double check if it would even matter which county you got it in.

     
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    sweetbeemeg    September 5, 2009   tennessee

    We had this same delimma, We applied for the license in the county we live in and got married one county over. Everything was fine and normally theres isnt a problem with it unless its out of state or across the state, Its always good to ask first, The people at the county clerks office where you get your license should be able to help you out.

     
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    2PeasinaPod       Philadelphia

    I would absolutely check with your state. It didn't matter what county we got our marriage license in, so we just did it in the one we lived in.

     
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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    I would check with the state like others have said.  In CO, you can get your marriage license in any county.

     
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    sadie    9/19/2009   Seattle,WA/Bend,OR

    Ditto what others said...it varies state by state.  In OR you could get the license in any county. 

     
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    LatteLove    June 19, 2009   Chicago/San Diego

    I think in general you're pretty safe getting your license where you're getting married.

     

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