Marriage License!!

Jessica41381

We finally got our marriage license this morning! It makes it much more real now and I can't wait to say I do!!

One less thing to do and one more thing to check off the check list!! Yeah

RailWayWife

Yay! FI & I applied for our marriage license on our 5 year dating anniversary (Monday) It was romantic in a weird way  

1 less thing on my to do list!!! WWOOOOO  

hockeywife10

We applied on our one year dating anniversary

Jessica41381

Aww you two had good memorable days to do yours, we did ours because we were simply running out of time and today was a day my fiancé wasn't too busy this morning at work! But he does want to keep the reciept as a souvenir hehe..

Xstatic3333

RailWayWife said:

Yay! FI & I applied for our marriage license on our 5 year dating anniversary (Monday) It was romantic in a weird way  

1 less thing on my to do list!!! WWOOOOO  

Oh man we could have done that too! Awesome idea! We will probably go next week. I have a random paranoia about hurricane cancellations (I'm 8/16 so it really is unlikely) and want a buffer of time after our date where the license would still work. I realize how crazy that sounds as I type it...

Jessica41381

Well they are good for 6 months so you have some room

Xstatic3333

Huh that must vary by state-ours are for six weeks.

Jessica41381

Here in MD, you have to wait 48hrs after you get it (which took 5 mins) before you can marry and its valid for 6 months. Thats interesting @Xstatic3333, I just assumed every state was the same. That's what I get for assuming.

futuremrsdaniel824

In Wisconsin, it is only valid for 30 days.

hockeywife10

In Pa, you have 60 days.

PandPMeant2B

In NJ, you have to wait three days before you can pick it up and it's only valid for 30 days.  FI and I live in MA, so we applied for it while we were in NJ last month. A lot of people were telling us it was too soon and it would expire before our wedding date. I was paranoid, so I called a bunch of times to confirm that you have 30 days from the day you pick it up to use it, so we'll pick it up when we're back in town a few days before the wedding. 

Every state is different and sometimes the laws vary slightly by county, so I suggest to everyone they call first!

Jessica41381

We walked in to the circuit court yesterday, filled out a paper with our names and address, then went back,gave our ss # ,swore to the information we provided, paid $55, and had our marriage license in hand in about 5 mins max.