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The Office of the County ClerkThe San Benito County Clerk is responsible for marriage license issuance, the performance of civil marriage ceremonies, fictitious business name filings and indexing, qualification and registration of notaries and miscellaneous statutory issuance of oaths and filings. Application for Public Marriage License English Important Notice on Marriage Licenses English 1. The marriage license is a license or permit to get married. You are not married until the marriage is solemnized (the ceremony is performed). 2. You must present your marriage license to a clergyman or judge to marry you. Persons authorized to solemnize: any judge or retired judge, commissioner of civil marriages or retired commissioner of civil marriages, justice court judge in this state, by any judge or magistrate of the U.S. or by any priest, minister, pastor or rabbi of any religious denomination of the age of 18 or over. A marriage may also be solemnized by a judge or magistrate who has resigned from office. 3. The marriage license is only valid for 90 (ninety) days from the date of issuance. 4. If you have purchased a confidential license, the ceremony must be performed in the county where the license was issued. i.e.: if you purchased your license in San Benito County, you must get married in San Benito County. Download Forms Ficticious Business License Application |
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