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johnsae Posted: Nov 15, 2005 11:46 AM+

johnsae MEMBER SINCE: 3/05 TOTAL POSTS : 6255 WEDDING DATE: May 06, 2006

Posted: Nov 15, 2005 11:46 AM

Marriage license question

Our DOC is supposedly taking care of getting our marriage license for us....is this something that can be done far in advance (I'm not getting married until May)...what is the usual timeline, process associated with this?

103005FallBride Posted: Nov 15, 2005 11:47 AM+

103005FallBride MEMBER SINCE: 2/05 TOTAL POSTS : 7249 WEDDING DATE: Oct 30, 2005

Posted: Nov 15, 2005 11:47 AM

Re: Marriage license question

That's not possible...you BOTH have to present to get your marriage license.

ETA: I believe you can get it as early as 90days, but I'm not sure.

BlondeJD Posted: Nov 15, 2005 11:51 AM+

BlondeJD MEMBER SINCE: 1/04 TOTAL POSTS : 4986 WEDDING DATE: Jan 01, 2003

Posted: Nov 15, 2005 11:51 AM

Re: Marriage license question

Yeah, you both need to go to the town clerk to get your marriage license and you need to present ID and what not. Maybe she meant that she will handle sending in your license after the wedding? (Although I believe the officiant usually does that). We got our license about 2 weeks before the wedding and it was pretty painless - it only took about a 1/2 hour.

SOON TO BE MRS. B Posted: Nov 15, 2005 11:52 AM+

SOON TO BE MRS. B MEMBER SINCE: 10/05 TOTAL POSTS : 1310 WEDDING DATE: Oct 14, 2006

Posted: Nov 15, 2005 11:52 AM

Re: Marriage license question

its good for 60 days in advance in NY and you have to get it at leats 24 hours before the wedding.. here is a link to some info...

[L=http://longisland.about.com/cs/weddings/ht/marriage_lic.htm]