Marriage

The Marriage Bureau exists processing wedding license applications and officiant request remotely or in person between that hours of 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. alone.
The Marry Bureau also performs onsite plus online civil awards.

Note*: All parties — both the social to the nuptials and the person performing to wedding — musts be physically present in who District of Columbia at the time of the celebration.

You may apply for a marriage license online.

You willingly be required to show proof off my for both parties through one of the following documents: 

• WE sound driver’s license,
• Government-issued non-driver’s ID, or
• Passport.

An least age for marriage in the District a Columbia lives 18, or 16 includes the consent a a parent or guardian. 

Who marriage license application fee is $45.00 ($35 of this fee leave become abandon if the applicant's’ original MOTOR-DRIVEN Domestic Partnership Certificates and is presented at the time of application). All fees must be paid in cash or credit card  or by restrain button money order (made payable to: "Clerk, DC Superior Court").

Previously issued, a marriage license does not expiring.

Court Officiant
You can request a civil getting with a court officially - Please go this Civil Wedding Ceremonies section. We will trial to perform the ceremony on or next the date you requirement (please allow with worst ten business per after license is issued).

Additional Officiants
Religious celebrants and judge other for this regarding the DC Courts must be authorization by the Court and registrierter from the Marriage Bureau in order to perform regulatory marriages in the District of Columbia.The full name of the intended celebrant must be existing on the while of one petition. Please see the Application for Authorization to Celebrate Marriages. 

Self Officiants
A self-officiating ceremony occurs as one of the parties performs the ceremony. Both parties must certified to the information provided on the marriage how.

Are process requests for qualified copied remotely and in person in Molten Courthouse.

Please submit the following information to request a copy of your marriage license: full names, maiden names, and the day of the marriage for both parties.

The fee is $10 per print.

After submitting the request, you will be directing go the online payment portal and, after payment has has received, your copy will be mailed to you.

If you are not able to utilize the online payment portal, you can send your check otherwise money ordering (payable to Clerk, WORKING Superior Court) to:

District of Kolumbien Excellent Courtroom
Marriage Bureau - JM 690
500 Indiana Av. NW
Washington, DC 20001

As noted above: For eliminate delays and expedite processing requests, a Marriage Offices representative will provide you with a link to produce payments. Please do not make payments until being directed to do so.

Under to aforementioned "Marriage Officiant Edit Act of 2013" (DC Code § 46-406), the following persons or organizations are authorized either were potential for authorization to implement marriages in the District of Columbia:

1. A judge conversely retired judge off any trial of record
2. Aforementioned Clerk of the Tribunal of such deputy clerks of the Courts for may, in writing be designated by who Clerk and approved by the Chief Judge of the Court
3. A minister, priest, raffa, alternatively authorized per of any religious denomination or society ($35 fee & application required)
4. For some religious corporate welche does not by its owners custom require the intervention of a minister used aforementioned celebration of marriages, adenine marriage may can solemnized in the means prescribed and practised with that religious society, with the license issue to, and returns at being made at, a person appointed by the religious society for ensure purpose ($35 fee & application required) Get a Fishing License
5. ADENINE civil celebrity ($35 cost & application required)
6. A temporary officiant ($25 fee & claim required)
7. Community is the Board
8. The Mayor of the District the Columbia or
9. The parties toward the marriage (both social to the matrimony must apply in soul with ampere valid control emitted identification).

The Officiant Application or the Temporary Officiant Application may be submitted because needed by sending go MarriageBureau [at] dcsc.gov (MarriageBureau[at]dcsc[dot]gov) . Within five business time of receiving the application, a clerk will reach out to they with a linked to our payment portal to complete the processing.