yes they judge or the preacher probaly turned it in for you, you may want to check with who ever married you to see if it was reported if no one reported it depending on the state you live in you may or may not be married i know in my state you are common law married if you spend 24 hours with someone and they have clothing at your resident and you have clothing at theirs and you have spent the night together
If you got married in Arkansas without a marriage license, the marriage is considered legally invalid. When applying for a marriage license, you cannot retroactively assign an original marriage date since the marriage was never legally recognized. You would need to obtain a valid marriage license and follow the legal process to formalize your marriage properly.
IF THAT MARRIAGE LICENSE HAS BEEN SIGNED BY A PREACHER THEN THAT MAKE IT LEGAL AS WELL AS IT MUST BE SENT INTO THE STATE TO BE PUBLIC RECORD. A License gives you permission to get married . a certificate means you have gotten married. I would compare it to a drivers license and actually driving a car. you are not a driver if you have never driven.
If the marriage was legal in Jamaica and registered there, then, yes, you are legally married in the U.S.
In California, a marriage is legally recognized only if a marriage license has been obtained and filed with the county. If you did not receive a marriage license, the marriage is not legally valid, even if a priest performed the ceremony. However, you may still be considered married in the eyes of the Catholic Church, but for legal purposes, you would need to obtain a marriage license and have it properly recorded to be recognized as legally married.
You are still legally married. You need to have the certificate from Jamaica.
Having a license does not complete the process. It must be executed by an authorized officiant and recorded.
You should check at the town clerk where you were married to see if the official who performed the marriage filed the license after they signed it.You should check at the town clerk where you were married to see if the official who performed the marriage filed the license after they signed it.You should check at the town clerk where you were married to see if the official who performed the marriage filed the license after they signed it.You should check at the town clerk where you were married to see if the official who performed the marriage filed the license after they signed it.
technically you are considered married in the us, but if you don't tell, nobody will ever know.
In order for a marriage to be valid, the license must be signed by both parties willingly. If no license was signed, there was no marriage in the first place.
You Should Be Able To Get A Copy From The Clerks Office In State And County Of Marriage. Call They Will Tell You The Person To See. * A marriage license is not "turned in", either the couple are married or the license expires and is no longer valid. A license that was issued more than a year ago would by now have expired if the marriage never took place. A marriage license is not proof of a valid marriage. The document that verifies a legal marriage is the marriage certificate which is signed by the person who performs the ceremony (minister, judge, JP, etc.)and filed with the vital records division in the state where the marriage takes place. Likewise, a copy of the certificate can be obtained from the state's division of vital records in the state where the marriage was performed.
You may or may not be. You need to check at that county clerk's office. It is the officiant's obligation to return the marriage license to the issuing office so your license may have been returned and recorded without your knowledge. Generally, if the license is never returned there is no vital record made and thus no proof of the marriage.
A marriage certificate has to be filed with in 2 years of the ceremony to make the marriage legal. If it has been longer than 2 years then the marriage is not legally recognized by the courts.