Check with a family law attorney, but copies must be filed with the county issuing the license, not the state office. If a marriage license was issued and a ceremony was performed by a magistrate or ordained minister the license should be returned to the county that issued the license. If it was lost by the post office, a delayed marriage license can be filed. Check with the issuing Register of Deed's office, not Raleigh.
No, the license is required.
United StatesNo. The return of the license signed by the official who performed the ceremony creates the record and proof the marriage took place and was legal. If the license is never returned then you have no proof the marriage was performed unless you can produce the signed original to the proper authorities.
It is not good in the UK. The license should be issued by the county were the ceremony is. However, a marriage performed in Ghana would be considered legal in the UK.
There are a number of steps. First you get the license. Then the ceremony is done and the license is signed by the couple, the witnesses and the officiant. Then the license is returned to the courthouse and they will issue the marriage certificate.
Yes. If the marriage license was legally obtained and the ceremony legally performed the couple are considered married from the moment they are pronounced "husband and wife".
This is a marriage ceremony that is performed by a judge not in a church, but is still legal.
No, it would not be legal. The license must be issued by the country, Mexico, where the ceremony is to take place.
If you don't have a license for him to sign at the time of the ceremony, it cannot be recorded and so from a legal sense, you will not be married--except in your hearts.AnswerNo. You must have a valid marriage license in order to get married. The license must be signed by the official who performs the marriage and the license must be returned to the clerk's department that issued it. If there is no marriage license there is no marriage.
No. A marriage license is required to be legally married in the state of Utah. A few churches will perform a ceremony without a license, but it does not count as a valid legal marriage.
No a marriage has to be performed by a pastor who has a marriage license .
No, a marriage license is a legal document that allows a couple to get married. The marriage license must be signed by both parties, an authorized officiant, and witnesses to make the marriage legally binding.
No. If you go through a marriage ceremony while still married to someone else you are committing a crime.