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S C B & G
THE COMPLETE WEDDING PLANNER
MARRIAGE LICENSES
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GETTING A MARRIAGE LICENSE
To obtain a MARRIAGE LICENSE, as of January 1, 1999 Florida residents must do one of the following: 1. Complete a 4-hour premarital course given
by a provider registered with the Clerk of Circuit Court (Florida license fee $61.00), or
2. Have a 3-day waiting period apply to your
License after submitting application to marry with the Clerk of Circuit Court (Florida license fee $93.50). Accepted forms of payment are cash. You may go online to the Brevard County Clerk of Court website, to the “Marriage License Kiosk” to do a pre-applica- tion template. This will expedite your information so that your trip to the Clerk of Court will be much more painless. Just don’t forget to bring your appli-
cation number. You and your spouse to be must go to the Clerk of Court together. Both must bring a :
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Picture I.D.
Social Security Card Birth Certificate
Once you are issued the Marriage Certificate, there is a mandatory 3 day waiting period before you can be married. The waiting period is waived for couples who complete a state sanctioned marriage counsel- ing course within the past year. Once the license is issued you have 60 days to complete the ceremony.
If previously married, the date of divorce or date of spouse’s death must be provided. If the divorce or spouse’s death had taken place within the last 30
YOUR OPTIONS CONCERNING CHANGING YOUR NAME AFTER MARRIAGE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
• Keep your own name, and change your mar ital status in all you records • Change your last name to your spouse’s last name • Use your name hyphenated with your spouse’s name
SOME DOCUMENTS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED AFTER A NAME AND MARITAL STATUS CHANGE:
• Dr iver’s License • Bank
• Social Secur ity Card • Mail Carr ier • Hospitals, Doctors, Dentist, Insurance, etc. • Credit Cards, Utilities, • Finance Companies
days, bring a certified copy of the divorce decree or death certificate. A copy of your divorce records or spouse’s death certificate can be ordered online. Following your wedding ceremony, you will receive a marriage certificate, which is a piece of paper proving that you are legally married. This certificate will serve as evidence of your marriage, which you’ll need when you begin the process of notifying several government agencies about your name change, as well as any non-government institutions that you do business with (i.e., banks, employers, credit cards, memberships, etc).
WHERE TO GO: Administration/Human Resources/Full-service counter: 400 South Street (second floor), Titusville, Florida 32780
Historic Titusville Court House:
506 South Palm Avenue, Titusville, Florida 32780 Parkway Complex:
700 South Park Avenue, Titusville, Florida 32780 Moore Justice Center:
2825 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Viera 32940 Melbourne Branch Courthouse:
51 South Nieman Avenue, Melbourne 32901
Merritt Island Office: Sheriff’s Department Complex, 2575 North Courtenay Parkway, Room 129, Merritt Island, Florida 32953
Palm Bay Office: 450 Cogan Drive S.E., Palm Bay, Florida 32909
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