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The fee for a marriage license is $102.50. A discounted fee of $42.50 is available if the couple completes marriage counseling and provides a signed and notarized counseling affidavit from the individual providing the counseling. In order to receive this discount, the counseling form must be turned in when applying for the marriage license. View the counseling form. Only cash or debit/credit cards are accepted as forms of payment for marriage license.

Before a marriage can occur in Tennessee, a license must be obtained from the County Clerk. The fee is $97.50. The fee is reduced to $37.50 if the couple completes a Premarital Preparation Course. There is no waiting period, the marriage license is valid for thirty (30) days from issuance, and is good for ceremonies performed anywhere in Tennessee.

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Who can solemnize a marriage? The rite of matrimony may be solemnized by any of the persons listed in T.C.A. 36-3-301:

All regular ministers, preachers, pastors, priests, rabbis and other religious leaders of every religious belief, more than eighteen (18) years of age, having the care of souls. Current and former members of county legislative bodies. County mayors/executives and former county mayors/executives. Current and former judges and chancellors of this state, including federal judges and federal administrative law judges. Current and former judges of general sessions courts. Municipal court judges. The governor. The county clerk of each county, and former county clerks who occupied the office on or after July 1, 2014. Current and former speakers of the senate and speakers of the house of representatives. Mayors of municipalities. Current and former members of the general assembly who have filed notice with the office of vital records. Former members must have filed notice with the office of vital records while serving the general assembly. Law enforcement chaplains duly appointed by the heads of authorized state and local law enforcement agencies. Members of municipal legislative bodies. Notaries Public. The statute provides that in order to solemnize the rite of matrimony a minister, preacher, pastor, priest, rabbi or other spiritual leader must be ordained or otherwise designated in conformity with the customs of a church, temple or other religious group or organization, and such customs must provide for ordination or designation by a considered, deliberate and responsible act. T.C.A. 36-3-301(a)(2). Courts look to the tenets of the particular religion to determine whether a particular person is a regular minister or other spiritual leader having the care of souls. Op. Tenn. Att'y Gen. 14-90(9/30/14). The county clerk has neither the authority nor the duty to examine the qualifications of persons seeking to solemnize the rite of matrimony. Op. Tenn. Att'y Gen. 97-139 (10/9/97). The county clerk cannot require proof that an officiant is, in fact, a minister or other authorized person. Op. Tenn. Att'y Gen. 87-151 (9/17/87).

Ordinarily, elected officials are not authorized to act outside the jurisdiction from which they were elected. See Op. Tenn. Att'y Gen. 85-189 (6/10/85) (under prior law, elected officials had no jurisdiction to perform marriages outside their jurisdiction). However, in 1997 the General Assembly authorized all elected officials and former officials who are authorized to perform marriages to do so in any county in the State of Tennessee. T.C.A. 36-3-301(i).

For marriage purposes, the several judges of the United States courts, including United States magistrates and United States bankruptcy judges, who are citizens of Tennessee are deemed to be judges of this state. However, the term "former judges" does not include any judge who has been convicted of a felony or who has been removed from office. T.C.A. 36-3-301(a). The term "retired judges of this state" includes persons who served as judges of any municipal or county court in any county which has adopted a metropolitan form of government and persons who served as county judges (judges of the quarterly county court) prior to the 1978 constitutional amendments. T.C.A. 36-3-301(e). Also, any person who was a member of a quarterly county court on August 1, 1984 can perform marriages. T.C.A. 17-1-206.

All judges, including city judges, are included among the officials who may solemnize marriages. A city judge may perform a marriage in any county in Tennessee, regardless of whether the judge was elected or appointed. T.C.A. 36-3-301(k).

Deputy county clerks who are duly authorized by the county clerk have the power to perform marriage ceremonies, under the authority granted under T.C.A. 18-1-108(4). Op. Tenn. Att'y Gen. 85-243 (9/18/85).

Most county clerks, after receiving the completed and signed marriage license after the ceremony has been performed, forward a marriage certificate to the newly married couple, showing the fact that the marriage has been duly recorded in the county's marriage records. However, some county clerks have a two part license with a detachable certificate. Sample marriage certificate.

A record of each marriage performed in this state is required to be filed with the Tennessee Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, and shall be registered if it has been properly completed and filed. The county clerk who issues the marriage license is required to prepare the record on the form Certificate of Marriage furnished by the state registrar upon the basis of information obtained from the parties to be married. The Certificate of Marriage requires the signature of both the applicants in the presence of the county clerk; however, where an applicant is authorized by T.C.A. 36-3-104 to apply by submitting a sworn affidavit, personal appearance before the county clerk is not required. The Certificate of Marriage also contains spaces for the officiant who performs the ceremony to certify the marriage of the persons, a witness to the marriage to sign (although a witness is not required by law), the county of marriage, and whether the marriage is a religious or civil service. This Certificate of Marriage, like the marriage license, must be returned to the county clerk within three (3) days of the performing of the marriage ceremony. T.C.A. 68-3-401. Certificate of Marriage form required by the TN Department of Health, Office of Vital Records

The county clerk must complete and forward the records of marriages filed during the preceding calendar month on or before the tenth day of each calendar month to the Office of Vital Records. A marriage not filed within these time requirements may be registered in accordance with the regulations of the Office of Vital Records. If a marriage license has been obtained by incorrect identification, the fraudulent records should be voided and a correct certificate of marriage placed on file by order of a court in the county where the license was issued in accordance with the regulations established by the Department of Health. T.C.A. 68-3-401. The requirements and procedures for amending state vital records, including marriage records, are found in T.C.A. 68-3-203 and Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-07-01-.10.

TENNESSEE VITAL RECORDS

The Tennessee Division of Vital Records (Tennessee Vital Records) issues certified copies of Tennessee birth certificates, Tennessee death certificates, Tennessee marriage records and Tennessee divorce records for events that occurred within the State of Tennessee. You may order copies of Tennessee vital records through VitalChek on an expedited basis.

A verification of an event that can typically be used for informational purposes only. This is not a certified document and is not intended for identification. It is a handwritten transcript of the information taken from the original certificate. Registration time for birth records are 45 days from the date of event.

A verification of the marriage event that can typically be used for informational purposes only. This is not a certified document and is not intended for identification purposes. Registration time for marriage records are 30 days from the date of event.

Ordering Marriage Certificates

This office records the marriage certificate which is proof that a marriage ceremony was performed in Clark County. The marriage official who performs the ceremony has ten days to submit the marriage certificate to this office for recording. Normally a certified copy of the certificate would be available one day after the certificate has been received from the official.

Certified Copies:

CERTIFIED COPY - A certified copy of a marriage certificate is a copy of the original certificate that was issued by the Clerk, signed by the Officiant and recorded in our office. The copy is created from an image that we have in digital format or on microfilm. The copy is printed on paper stock that incorporates security features. All marriage certificate copies are certified on the front with a raised seal. This certificate may be needed for most government agencies, Catholic Church, prison visitations, adoptions, and some foreign countries. Marriage Certificates are available for ALL marriages performed from 1909 to present.

Order marriage documents by mail (pdf)

By Mail:

Mail your completed Request Form with a money order, bank or cashier's check payable to the Clark County Clerk. No personal checks are accepted for marriage license or marriage certificate copy requests. All payments must be made in U.S. dollars, and drawn from a U.S. Bank. Credit cards are not accepted through the mail.(Foreign issued money orders or checks not accepted)

In Person:

You may pay by cash, credit card, money order or cashier's checks. (Payable in US Dollars on a US Bank) Personal checks are not accepted. ff782bc1db