If you plan to get married in Del Norte County, CA, or elsewhere within California, you must complete a marriage license application. You can get your marriage license in Del Norte County or any other county throughout the state. Locations that distribute marriage licenses are typically located in the County Clerk office. Marriage licenses issued from Del Norte County can be used throughout the state of California.
A Del Norte County marriage license can be bought for $50.00 to $80.00 dollars.
No, whether you live in Del Norte County or are just visiting, the standard is the same. You do not have to be a prior or active Del Norte County or California resident to get issued a usable marriage license.
There's no wait to get your marriage license. Once your application is received, your marriage licensed will be issued immediately.
There is no extra waiting period once your marriage license is issued. You can go and get married in Del Norte County, or anywhere else within the state.
Your Del Norte County marriage license will eventually expire if not used. You have 90 days to use it once it's been issued.
Your expired marriage license is no longer valid. You can get it reissued from the same Del Norte County office you submitted your original application to.
You have to be at least 18 years old in order to marry without getting consent from a parent or legal guardian within Del Norte County.
If you're below the age of 18 then you must bring at least one parent or legal guardian must accompany you. Bring a certified copy of your birth certificate too.
Keep in mind that if you were not born in California, you'll have to order your certified copy from your state or country of birth. If you were born in Del Norte County, CA, order your certificate from this county. Otherwise, order it from the CA county of your birth.
No, blood tests are not a requirement for getting a marriage license in Del Norte County.
If you were married before, provide the date of your divorce or the date your spouse died. Have a certified copy your divorce decree or death certificate in hand when you arrive to complete your application.
As with birth certificates, divorce and death certificates can be gotten from your local vital records office where the divorce or death was recorded. If it occurred in Del Norte County, get it from there. Otherwise, get it from the proper location in whichever state it took place in.
When you get married, you'll be provided a marriage certificate (filed in Del Norte County) which provides proof of marriage and is the primary document used to facilitate the name change process. You'll use it to complete your name change across various government and non-government institutions.
You can make use of an online marriage name change service to get the process started, before or after you get married in Del Norte County or elsewhere in California.
Getting married by proxy means you'll have someone stand-in for you at the marriage ceremony. If one or both partners to the marriage aren't able to attend the ceremony, another person (known as the proxy) can take your place.
Yes, California is one of the few states that still allow for proxy marriages to take place.
A common law marriage is an informal marriage that doesn't hold the same legal authenticity of a standard marriage. It's based on an accepted understanding between the partners that you're basically cohabitating.
No, Del Norte County will not issue marriage licenses for common law marriages. California does not recognize common law marriages. Not even if you were common law married in another state. Very few states still do.
Yes, in California, cousin marriage are permissible.
Yes, Del Norte County will issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. California recognizes same-sex marriages as valid as any other marriage.