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Marriage
licenses - Placer County
Clerk-Recorder Office
2954 Richardson Drive
Auburn, CA 95603
(530) 886-5610
E-mail: clerk@placer.ca.gov
1. Apply together and in
person.
2. Present the usual
picture identification -- driver's license,
passport or military ID
3. Provide full names,
including mother's maiden names, and state or
country of birth for parents
4. Bring a witness who
will sign your marriage license, or the county
office can provide a witness for an additional
fee.
5. If previously married,
or had a registered domestic partnership, provide
date of dissolution, death or
termination
6. You'll need to purchase
a license from the county even you if you are
getting married in a church or temple
7. Blood test is no longer
required so license is valid immediately
8. Ceremony can be
performed in any California county even
though license is issued from Placer
County.
9. License is valid for 90
days and should be filed with the county by your
minister or officiant soon after the ceremony
occurs.
Placer County's fee
schedule (please verify accuracy of fees with their
office):
Marriage license $56
Optional ceremony performed there $40 (phone ahead
for an appointment)
Optional witness fee $__ (no charge if you bring
your own witness)
Optional one-day deputizing of someone you choose
(friend, family member) to perform a ceremony
$40
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Here is the web link for
Placer County's marriage office
If you'd prefer to fill
out a marriage license application form before
driving to the county office, the form's link is
below.
Caution: It's an old style
Adobe PDF form which allows you to fill it out and
print copies, but unfortunately it does not allow
you to save the file after filling it out.
Therefore please proof-read carefully and print it
out before closing the form on your computer.
Here is the link for
Placer County's marriage license form
Marriage
licenses - Lake Tahoe
(on the
California side) Sat
North Lake Tahoe marriage
licenses (a Placer County office)
5225 North Lake Blvd
Carnelian Bay, CA 96140
(530) 546-1900
Mornings only by appointment only, Monday thru
Friday
Marriage
licenses - Sacramento County
Same rules as Placer
County except Sacramento's fees are higher and you
may get a parking ticket in downtown
Sacramento
Here is Sacramento
county's information page
link: Click
here
Caution: Sacramento
County's online marriage license forms do not allow
you to save the result after filling them out. So
be sure to proof-read carefully and print copies
before closing the document on your computer.
Sac County has two office
locations:
East Area Community
Service Center
5229-B Hazel Avenue
Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (near Orangevale)
and
Downtown Sacramento
600 - 8th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Sacramento County's fee
schedule (please verify accuracy of fees with their
office):
Marriage license $73
Optional witness fee $28 (no charge if you bring
your own witness)
Optional ceremony performed there $40 (phone ahead
for an appointment)
Optional one-day deputizing of someone you choose
(friend, family member) to perform the ceremony
$43
Sacramento's hours of
operation vary by office so call (916) 874-6131 to
confirm details.
Yes, we do photograph
ceremonies at the clerk's office. Downtown
Sacramento has a small ceremony room that holds
about 30 people.
Most customers who have a
ceremony performed at the clerk's office like to
have their family portraits photographed afterwards
(outdoors at nearby Old Sac is a favorite place)
followed by a reception or dinner.
*Downtown
Sacramento augments their budget by handing out
parking tickets whenever possible. You or your
guests may receive parking tickets costing more
than the ceremony. I had an expired meter
whlie attending a class downtown, it cost me
$66.
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