Marriage
MARRIAGE LICENSE AND CEREMONY SERVICE UPDATE:
Contact the Clerk-Recorder’s Office to schedule appointments for in person marriage licenses and ceremonies.
We are currently not accepting walk-ins.
To inquire about an appointment or to submit a question about marriage services, please send an email that includes your contact phone number, to marriages@cr.cccounty.us
Additionally, the Clerk-Recorder grants Deputy Commissioner status to individuals to conduct a single ceremony. A $50 fee applies. For a Deputy Commissioner Packet, click here.
Public: The ceremony may take place anywhere in the State of California, at least one witness must be present to sign the license, and applicants must be unmarried and at least 18 years of age . If a minor is obtaining a marriage license, a certified copy of the court order will be required. The marriage record is made available to the public upon formal request.
Confidential: Parties to the marriage must be living together as spouses, no witnesses are allowed to sign the marriage license, and applicants must be unmarried and at least 18 years of age. The marriage record is only made available to the named parties on the document.
We accept cash, credit and debit cards. Credit and debit cards are subject to an additional service fee. Checks are not authorized for marriage licenses and wedding ceremonies. For fees related to obtaining a marriage license, as well as ceremony fees, please click on the fee link at the right side of this page.
Please visit our homepage for upcoming events.
Past events:
Mount Diablo Summit – 5/24/2019
California Theatre – 11/30/2018
Rosie The Riveter/WWII Home Front – 9/7/2018
Visit our homepage for upcoming wedding events.
Past events:
Halloween 2017
The County Clerk-Recorder’s office does not handle divorce documents, judicial orders, restraining orders, case files or case records. For online information regarding those documents please go to the website for the Superior Court http://cc-courts.org/.