All marriage licenses in Los Angeles County are issued by the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office. The Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office has branch offices throughout Los Angeles County, including three locations within Los Angeles city limits. You can choose the branch office location that is most convenient to you.
LAX Courthouse
11701 S. La Cienega Blvd, 6th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Phone: (310) 727-6142
East Los Angeles
4716 East Cesar Chavez Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90022
Phone: (323) 260-2991
Florence/Firestone
7807 S. Compton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90001
Phone: (323) 586-6192
Both of you must appear together at the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office during office hours. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, but you must submit your application before 3:00 p.m. if you want to receive your marriage license on the same day. Processing time is usually about one hour, depending upon how busy the office is on the day that you go.
More information on Los Angeles County requirements for marriage licenses can be found online at Los Angeles Marriage License. There is also an online application available at this site.
Both of you need to present a valid, government-issued form of identification that provides proof of your identity and proof of your age. Current driver’s license and passports are accepted. You must be at least 18 years old and single in order to be legally married in California.
No, you do not need to have blood tests. Neither blood testing nor health certificates are required in order to apply for a marriage license in the state of California.
No, you do not need to be Los Angeles residents to apply for a marriage license. Residents of other cities and states are welcome to apply for a license to be married in Los Angeles. The marriage license will be valid anywhere in the state of California.
A marriage license issued by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office is valid for 90 days.
The fee required for a regular marriage license in Los Angeles is $90. The fee required for a confidential marriage license is $85. You can pay with cash, check, money order, or credit/debit card. If you choose to pay with a check, the check should be made payable to the Registrar-Recorder County Clerk (RRCC).
You can choose any person that is legally authorized to perform wedding ceremonies in the state of California to perform your wedding ceremony in Los Angeles.
Priests, rabbis, and ministers that are at least 18 years of age of any denomination are legally authorized to perform wedding ceremonies. Any judge, active or retired, and many other judicial officers are authorized perform wedding ceremonies, as well as current city mayors.
Yes. By applying to be a Deputy Commissioner for a Day, a person who is not authorized to perform marriages can become authorized. More information about the Los Angeles County Deputy Commissioner for a Day program can be found online at Los Angeles Marriage License.
Yes. Civil ceremonies are performed at branch offices of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office on Fridays, by appointment. You must provide your own witnesses and obtain your marriage license in advance.
You will receive your marriage certificate about two weeks after your signed marriage license has been recorded. Marriage certificates, like marriage licenses, are issued through the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office.
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