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Marriage License Question

shiloh777shiloh777
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Hi ladies,

My pastor is registered as an officiant in Los Angeles county, but we are getting married in Riverside county. Do we need to apply for our marriage license in Riverside county? The Riverside website says that my pastor would have to go apply to be our officiant in person, and I would feel really bad making him drive all the way out there!
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    breleficentbreleficent
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    edited December 2011
    Oh I have no idea! That is a good question because my officiant is in the OC and I live in IE. I'll ask my officiant and see what he says. He's done thousands of weddings so he has probably encountered this a few times. However, LA might be a different story.

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    lauralazerlauralazer member
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    edited December 2011
    Hmm...no clue!

    If you get married outside of the county you live in, which county issues the license?
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    mctlongmctlong member
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    edited December 2011
    In California, the rules differ by county.

    We registered in Los Angeles County and we're getting married in Orange County. Our officient is registered in LA County. The LA County clerk told us we could get married in OC (or anywhere in the state), but the officiant had to sign and mail the license certificate (provided by Los Angeles County) back to LA county.

    Los Angeles County required that we (My FI and I) show up together, in person with state-issued IDs, to be issued the marriage license. The county did not allow the officiant to get the license for us.
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    MrsTucker2011MrsTucker2011 member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_california-inland-empire_marriage-license-question?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:69Discussion:103c4c74-57aa-4a64-abde-04f053a8d09ePost:19121a2f-db38-4a93-a477-a33d38b3e520">Re: Marriage License Question</a>:
    [QUOTE]In California, the rules differ by county. We registered in Los Angeles County and we're getting married in Orange County. Our officient is registered in LA County. The LA County clerk told us we could get married in OC (or anywhere in the state), but the officiant had to sign and mail the license certificate (provided by Los Angeles County) back to LA county. Los Angeles County required that we (My FI and I) show up together, in person with state-issued IDs, to be issued the marriage license. The county did not allow the officiant to get the license for us.
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    That's helpful. I'm going to have to look up on what we're doing.
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