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Get a marriage license in California

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In California, 58 county departments publish 71 official links for this service, 10 of them online. Reviewed requirements cover documents (44), appointments (38), deadlines (12), availability notices (12), payment methods (9), languages (6), eligibility (4) and accessibility (2). 58 counties have a page for it below.

Office titles differ by county. The list below maps this task to the relevant office role. Specific online links, fees and forms are shown only when they have supporting sources.

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County, California	Where to start	Service information
Alameda	Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Alpine	County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Amador	Recorder-Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Butte	County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Calaveras	Clerk Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Colusa	Clerk & Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Contra Costa	Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Del Norte	County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage licensing — contact the Clerk-Recorder
El Dorado	Recorder-Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Fresno	County Clerk/Registrar of Voters	Marriage license information and requirements
Glenn	Assessor/Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Humboldt	County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Imperial	County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Inyo	Clerk Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Kern	Auditor-Controller-County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Kings	Assessor/Clerk/Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Lake	County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Lassen	County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Los Angeles	Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Madera	County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Marin	Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Mariposa	County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Mendocino	Assessor-Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Merced	Assessor-Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Modoc	County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Mono	Clerk Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Monterey	Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Napa	Recorder-County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Nevada	County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Orange	Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Placer	Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Plumas	Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Riverside	Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Sacramento	Clerk/Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
San Benito	County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
San Bernardino	Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
San Diego	Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
San Francisco	Office of the County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
San Joaquin	Assessor / Recorder / County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
San Luis Obispo	Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
San Mateo	Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Santa Barbara	Clerk-Recorder-Assessor	Marriage license information and requirements
Santa Clara	County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Santa Cruz	County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Shasta	County Clerk/Registrar of Voters	Marriage license information and requirements
Sierra	Clerk-Recorder/Elections	Marriage license information and requirements
Siskiyou	County Clerk-Registrar of Voters	Marriage license information and requirements
Solano	Treasurer-Tax Collector-County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Sonoma	Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Stanislaus	County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Sutter	Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Tehama	Clerk and Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Trinity	Clerk / Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Tulare	Assessor/Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Tuolumne	County Clerk	Marriage license information and requirements
Ventura	County Clerk-Recorder / Registrar of Voters	Marriage license information and requirements
Yolo	Assessor/Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements
Yuba	County Clerk-Recorder	Marriage license information and requirements

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