No, the license is required.
After the wedding ceremony, you typically file your marriage license with the county clerk's office where you obtained the license.
After the wedding ceremony, you should turn in your marriage license to the county clerk's office where you obtained it.
Once you've obtained your marriage license, the ceremony must be performed within 90 days. If not used within 90 days, you will need to reapply. After the ceremony, the person that performed the ceremony completed the marriage license and returns it to the Recorder's Office for filing within 10 days. You can use the website link attached to check your specific County for further marriage license information.
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".
You will need a license for the correct county in Pennsylvania. The license has to be issued by the county where the ceremony is to take place.
Bigamy is when a person is already married and marries someone else, and the second marriage is void.
In Texas, marriage is legally recognized when a couple obtains a marriage license, has a ceremony performed by an authorized officiant, and files the marriage license with the county clerk within 30 days of the ceremony.
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.
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.
Each state has its own procedures for issuing marriage licenses and rules for how soon the ceremony must be performed and the signed license returned. If you obtained your license and held the ceremony but just did not return the license, you may still have time to return the license before the license is void. I suggest that you contact the County that you obtained your license from to verify the status of your license. Many counties have online information regarding the procedure and important deadlines. Attached is a website link for marriage license information for all 50 states and most counties. Using the attached link, you can scroll to your county for specific information about your situation.
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.
Being the license does not complete the process. You must have the ceremony performed with an authorized officiant and file the license with signatures with the clerk.