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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Procedure==<br />
#Go to your local county clerk's office.<br />
#Present and submit necessary documents for marriage license application.<br />
#Pay the marriage license fee. <br />
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==Required Documents==<br />
*A valid state I.D. or drivers license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, passport, U.S. visa I.D. card, federal driver's license, military I.D., or government consulate I.D. is required to apply for a marriage license. <br />
*To verify the authenticity of an applicants identification, the office of the clerk of the peace may also require additional documentation such as a birth certificate or social security card. <br />
*If individuals have previously been married, an original or certified copy of the divorce decree, legal annulment, dissolution, or death certificate is required. <br />
*Special authorization (if either party is on probation or parole)<br />
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==Office Locations & Contacts==<br />
'''Kent County - Clerk of the Peace Office''' <br><br />
555 Bay Rd Dover, DE 19901<br><br />
Phone: (302) 744-2346 <br><br />
Fax: (302) 760 - 4763<br><br />
Email: clerk@co.kent.de.us<br><br />
Office Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm Mon. - Fri.<br><br />
''Marriage Licenses are issued between the hours of 8:00am - 4:15pm Monday-Friday''<br />
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'''Newcastle County - Clerk of the Peace''' <br><br />
Marriage Bureau<br><br />
800 N. French St.<br><br />
Second Floor<br><br />
Wilmington, DE 19801<br><br />
Phone: 302-395-7780<br><br />
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. <br><br />
Closed: Noon - 1 p.m.<br><br />
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'''Sussex County Marriage Bureau'''<br><br />
2nd Floor, Room 268<br><br />
2 The Circle<br><br />
P.O. Box 29<br><br />
Sussex county Administrative Office Building<br><br />
Georgetown, DE 19947 <br><br />
Phone (302) 853-1717<br><br />
Fax (302) 855-7798 <br><br />
Office Hours: Monday - Friday<br><br />
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.<br><br />
The office is closed on holidays.<br><br />
''Marriage licenses will not be issued after 4 p.m.''<br><br />
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==Eligibility==<br />
All applicants must be 18 years of age. <br />
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Minors must petition Family Court for authorization to marry.<br />
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Effective July 1, 2013, same sex marriages became legal in Delaware.<br />
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==Fees==<br />
'''Delaware Marriage License'''<br />
*Residents (at least one of the applicants is a resident in Delaware): $50.00<br />
*Non-residents (neither applicant is a Delaware resident): $100.00 (Only cash payments will be accepted)<br />
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'''Certified Copies'''<br />
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Certified copies are available from the County in which the license was obtained. Certified copies are $25.00 (CASH).<br />
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==Validity==<br />
A Delaware marriage license is only valid for 30 days from date of issue and the ceremony must take place in Delaware<br />
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==Documents to Use==<br />
Please attach documents which can be used by people who would like to follow this procedure. <br />
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==Sample Documents==<br />
Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure. <br />
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==Processing Time==<br />
A marriage license will be issued at the time of application. <br />
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==Related Videos==<br />
Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. <br />
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.<br />
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.<br />
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, <br />
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube<br />
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.<br />
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". <br />
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==Instructions==<br />
Both parties must appear in person and present their valid IDs (Valid Driver's license, or Valid State Issued ID, or Certified Birth Certificate, or Valid Passport, or Military ID Card).<br />
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Residents and non-residents must apply for a license 24 hours prior to the time of the ceremony.<br />
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'''For those who are divorced, annulled, widowed''' <br />
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All parties must produce a Certified Final Decree of divorce/annulment or a Certified Death Certificate. These will be returned at application.<br />
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If an applicant has divorced or dissolved a legal partnership and taken back their former name, they must bring the original or certified copy of the name change court documents. No photocopies accepted.<br />
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'''For parolees and those under probation'''<br />
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An original letter of permission from the Probation Officer is required before a license will be issued.<br />
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==Required Information==<br />
A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.<br />
e.g.<br />
1. Date of Birth.<br />
2. City or County of Birth.<br />
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==Need for the Document==<br />
Following are procedures on how you can obtain a marriage license in Delaware.<br />
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==Information which might help==<br />
Enter other informations which might help<br />
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==Other uses of the Document/Certificate==<br />
Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.<br />
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
*New Castle County:<br />
:http://www.nccde.org/126/Marriage-Licenses<br />
*Sussex County:<br />
:http://www.sussexcountyde.gov/marriage-licenses<br />
*Kent County:<br />
:http://co.kent.de.us/clerk-of-the-peace-office/marriage.aspx<br />
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==Others==<br />
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