Denton County Marriage License Requirements Marriage License Fees: $82.00 – wo/ Premarital Course Certificate $22.00 – w/ Premarital Course Certificate $47.00 – Informal Marriage (Common Law) 1450 East McKinney Street Denton, TX 76201 (940) 320-4810 8:00 a.m. / M, T, Th, F / 8:00 a.m.

– 4:15 W (except for Court Approved Holidays) for your wedding or vow renewal ceremony. Submit one form to top-rated marriage officiants in your locality. You choose the best Wedding Officiant. 24 Lawyers Are Online. Ask a Question, Get an Answer ASAP. Marriage Application Requirement Texas: There are two different types of marriage licenses in Texas, and basic requirements are the same for both types of marriage: • A “Formal marriage license” A formal marriage license can be obtained from any county in Texas and the marriage can be performed anywhere. If the marriage takes place outside of Texas, contact the appropriate state office, consulate or embassy to learn the marriage requirements for that state or country.

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• A ““ An informal marriage license can be obtained and recorded by a couple who agree to be married, and after the agreement, they lived together in this state as a couple and represented to others that they were married. The following information is required on a marriage license application of both spouses, or party A and party B, the information needed for marriage license requirements is below: • Both parties must appear in person. • Both parties must be at least 18 years of age. • Submit proof of identity and age.

• Must know Social Security number. • Must Know city, county, and state where you were born. • Effective September 1, 2013 – A person who is incarcerated may not apply for a marriage license. Marriage ID Requirement Texas: Must have a valid, government-issued picture identification: • Driver’s license • State ID • Passport • Military ID • Visa • Certified copy of birth certificate and valid photo ID Marriage license requirements are always subject to change so it’s best to check with your office to verify information and documents needed to obtain your license. Marriage Waiting Period Texas: • There is a 72-hour waiting period to get married.

• The 72-hour waiting period may be waived by court order. • Active duty military are exempt from the waiting period. Marriage Residency Requirement Texas: You do not have to be a resident of Texas. Previous Marriages: ✔ Search Records If either applicant has been recently divorced, the state requires a 30-day waiting period from the date of the filed divorce decree, unless waived by the court. Female applicants are required to submit a certified copy of final decree showing their restored maiden name if different from current identification. The Dark Knight Rises German Rapidshare Download. Marriage License Fees Texas: • The marriage license fees varies from Texas county to county, so call ahead to your local office to find out the fee and ask what form of payment is accepted. In some cases, you may need to bring cash.

• Couples completing the State Approved Pre-marital Education Course, Twogether in Texas, may have the formal license fee reduced to the County fee (up to $22) and the 72-hour waiting period waived by presenting the state-issued course completion certificate when applying for the license. Please visit to locate classes in your area. Proxy Marriages Texas: Yes, but marriage by proxy in Texas is limited to individuals serving in the military and stationed outside of the country. Cousin Marriages Texas: No. Common Law Marriages Texas: Yes. Blood Test Requirement Texas: No.

Blood tests or medical examinations are not required in Texas. Name Change: Getting a marriage license with your new name on it does not mean your name has automatically changed. If you need to change your last name, you can use an online kit. Marriage Age Requirements Texas: ✔ If an applicant is under the age of 18, must be accompanied by one parent, to sign legal consent. A minor must have a certified copy of birth certificate, photo I.D.

And Social Security card or proof of social security number. If parents are divorced, the parent granted custody must submit a certified copy of their divorce decree in order to sign consent. Please contact your local office for additional information.

Absent Applicant: All applicants must be present for the ceremony unless: (a) the absent applicant is a member of the armed forces of the United States stationed in another country in support of combat or another military operation; and unable to attend the ceremony. All other applicants will have to be present for the ceremony.

Declaration And Registration Of An Informal Marriage (Common Law): An informal marriage license can be obtained and recorded by a couple who agree to be married, and after the agreement, they lived together in this state as a couple and represented to others that they were married. • Both parties must be present. An absentee affidavit cannot be used for an informal marriage license. • A person under 18 years of age may not obtain an informal marriage license. • A person may not obtain an informal marriage license if presently married to someone else. • The fee varies from Texas county to county, so call ahead to your local office to find out the current fee and ask what form of payment is accepted. In some cases, you may need to bring cash.

Online Applications (if applicable): Marriage license applications may be filled out and saved online. However, applicants must appear in person to sign and purchase the marriage license. Please note: additional information will be required of each applicant when the marriage license is issued.

Ostensibly, Texas justices of the peace can do two things now that same-sex marriage is legal in the state: They can either stop performing marriages entirely — they aren't legally required to officiate ceremonies — or they can marry anyone who wishes to get married in their courts. Denton County Justice of the Peace James DePiazza is going to do the latter, he just isn't particularly happy about it. 'I'm not going to do weddings any more, I'm going to do declarations of marriage,' DePiazza says. 'For the ceremonies I've done in the past, I wrote the vows, they were my vows that I wrote.

I wrote short vows and long vows and gave [them to] the couple to choose which vows they wanted to use. All of them are very specific to a husband and a wife.' Denton County. Anyone seeking a marriage in front of DePiazza will also have to sign a letter acknowledging that they know DePiazza would prefer not to conduct same-sex marriages. They also have to promise that there will be no 'no discussion regarding [DePiazza's] position [on same-sex marriage] before, during or after the ceremony. DePiazza could've elected to stop performing marriage ceremonies entirely — justices of the peace are not required to do so — but says he wanted to do what was best for his constituents. 'I went back in forth with it, and I made the decision that, for my constituents, if that is their desire — it doesn't matter to me what a person's sexual preference is, what their sexual orientation is.

The Misfits Famous Monsters Rarlab. Regardless, they're a human being and they deserve dignity and respect. If that's the way that they want to live their life, that's between them, their partner and either they believe in their God or not, that's their choice,' DePiazza says. Offering only the stripped down ceremonies, DePiazza says, allows him to perform the duties required of a justice of the peace without compromising his personal beliefs.

'One of the laws now in Texas is that same-sex couples can now get married. So, if they want me to sign as a witness on their marriage license, that goes nothing against my convictions. That's why I decided to change the vows, not just for same-sex couples but across the board.

I would be very uncomfortable because of my convictions saying to somebody 'I now pronounce you husband and husband or wife and wife.' That would've been very difficult for me to do. To honor my authority as a justice of the peace to be a witness to somebody saying they want the rites of marriage in the state of Texas, that's civil law and I have no issue with giving them that.'

Katherine Franke, the director of the Public Rights/Private Conscience Project at Columbia University's law school, says that what DePiazza is doing — specifically in making marriage seekers sign the letter — is probably unconstitutional. 'I think it's an interesting innovation in trying to hold your nose and do your job by making everybody else hold your nose as well. It's creative, but I don't imagine it will stand up in court,' Franke says. 'Even for a heterosexual couple that's getting married and [DePiazza's] not opposed to their marriage, the only way they can get married is to acknowledge that he doesn't want to marry gay people. I could see straight people being offended.'

One can't force those qualified for a particular public benefit to accept an insult to receive that benefit, Franke says. You have successfully signed up for your selected newsletter(s) - please keep an eye on your mailbox, we're movin' in! DePiazza's decision raises free speech issues as well.

He is, Franke says, both compelling couples into speech by requiring that they sign the letter, and limiting otherwise legal speech in ordering that they not discuss DePiazza's opinion on same-sex marriage in the courtroom. Regardless of the constitutional issues, not many couples are likely to want to get married by DePiazza anyway, suggests Glen Maxey, the first openly gay member of Texas' Legislature and current director of county affairs for the Texas Democratic Party. Going to get married by a county or state official who opposes same-sex marriage wouldn't be very fun.

'A JP, if they're [performing marriages], they can't discriminate, but I'll put the asterisk on that. Who wants to go to them anyway to get married? There are many, many, many other options to get married. I did some weddings here in Austin over the weekend, and I think the most overwhelming thing to people who walked in the door was me saying 'Well, who do you want to have marry you?

I have secular, non-secular, I've got five different Christians, I've got a rabbi, I've got a federal judge, I've got five JPs. Who do want to marry you?' And they would go 'Uhhh, I don't care.' The problem of getting married once you have the license is not a big problem.'