Marriage
Licenses
Please read carefully:
- Marriage licenses are not valid until the third full day after the application is issued and payment is verified at the Auditor’s Office. For example, if the application is issued on Monday, the first day it can be used is Thursday. Call our office to confirm receipt of online/mailed applications and payments (360-416-1704).
- Marriage Licenses are VOID if not solemnized within 60 days of the valid date.
- Both parties must sign the completed affidavit. This affidavit must be signed in front of a Deputy Auditor in our office, OR notarized by a Notary Public.
- Neither a witness nor a blood test is required to obtain a marriage license.
- The cost for a marriage license is $64.00. An additional $3.00 is required if you need a certified copy (this is optional).
Apply for a marriage license:
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IN PERSON at our office M-F 8:30am – 4:00pm. Marriage license forms and affidavits are available in
our office lobby. If you have questions, call 360-416-1704 for assistance. Payment of $64.00 for the marriage
license and the (optional) $3.00 for a certified copy, can be made in person with a money order, cash
cashier’s check, or Debit/Credit Cards. However, if you pay with a card, there will be a $2 processing fee for Debit,
and 2.49% for Credit. NO PERSONAL CHECKS ACCEPTED FOR MARRIAGE APPLICATION.
Who is authorized
to perform marriages?
State law prescribes
who can marry. Under RCW 26.04.050, active and retired justices of the
supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, judges of the superior
courts, superior court commissioners, any regularly licensed or ordained
minister or any priest of any church or religious denomination, and
judges
of courts of limited jurisdiction may perform marriages
.
For more information
about marriage licenses please call (360) 416-1704 or email: screcording@co.skagit.wa.us
Obtaining a copy
of a marriage license
Marriage Certificate: Certified copy request form (ONLINE | PDF)
For more information about obtaining a copy of a marriage license
please call (360) 416-1704 or email: screcording@co.skagit.wa.us
