Can you remarry in a different state?
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Can you remarry in a different state?
If you get married in one state, it will be recognized in the other state, so long as it was not a legally prohibited marriage.
What happens if you forgot to file your marriage license?
The officiant has the duty of filing your marriage certificate with the applicable recording agency in your county. If they don't do, it doesn't invalidate or nullify your marriage; it just may make it harder to document your marriage.
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.
What is the difference between a public marriage license and a confidential?
A public marriage license requires one or two witnesses to sign the marriage license. The license is recorded and made a matter of public record. A confidential marriage license requires no witnesses to sign it's just the Officiant. The marriage license is recorded but is only accessible by the couple.
What states can you get married without a waiting period?
With the exception of the District of Columbia and five other states (Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Carolina), marriage licenses from all the other states have a timer on how long they are valid. The shortest is Oklahoma, which expires 10 days after its issued.
What happens if you get married twice?
Bigamy occurs when a person is married to two different people at the same time as part of two different marriage contracts. If a person is married, it is a requirement for him or her to have the marriage dissolved through death, annulment or divorce before he or she can legally enter into a new marriage.
Can you be legally married in 2 countries?
Most countries do not recognize multiple marriages but some do. Some country requires to obtain an “unmanned certificate” from your country of citizenship. Some country doesn't bother. In both cases, it is technically possible to marry two different person in two different countries.
