To complete the application for a marriage license, a couple must:

• Appear together in person.
• Each present one form of a valid non-expired, government issued, photo identification (such as a driver's license or passport).
• If divorced within the last 90 days, please provide a certified copy of the divorce decree. If spouse is deceased within the previous 90 days, please provide a certified copy of the death certificate. 
• Select the name each wishes to use after marriage, to be listed on the marriage license. Couples are not required to change their names nor are they required to take the same name. However, if a name change is desired, it must be correctly reflected before the marriage license is signed. Once the license is signed, names can only be changed by a court order. 
• The couple must provide at least one witness if they are a having a marriage ceremony performed at one of our offices after having obtained a public marriage license. The department will not provide witnesses under any circumstances.
• A marriage ceremony will not be performed if a couple doesn't have a witness present who can sign their public marriage license and who can physically witness the marriage ceremony.   
• Both individuals must be able to read, speak and understand English. If not, the couple must bring a third party translator to obtain a license and to have a ceremony performed. The department does not provide translation services.