What do you need to get married in a different state?
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What do you need to get married in a different state?
Identification Needed: Both parties must bring in a valid ID (i.e. driver's license, military ID, passport, or green card, etc). State Residency: You don't need to be a resident of California to receive a marriage license.
What happens if I get married out of state?
A common question couples ask when planning a wedding is “Do marriage licenses transfer from state to state?” and the answer is no, they do not. Because your marriage license will not transfer from one state to another, you'll need to have the required documents prepared when you go in person to apply for the license.
Can you get married without the other person being there?
A proxy wedding or proxy marriage is a wedding in which one or both of the individuals being united are not physically present, usually being represented instead by other persons. Proxy weddings are not recognized as legally binding in most jurisdictions: both parties must be present.
What is the easiest state to get married in?
So the easiest places to get married are Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Washington, D.C. These places recognize common law marriage, which means that you and your spouse are a legally married couple
