

{"id":42750,"date":"2019-10-14T09:02:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T09:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/?p=42750"},"modified":"2023-01-13T12:12:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T12:12:08","slug":"courthouse-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/marriage-preparation\/courthouse-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to Know When Contemplating a Courthouse Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42752 size-full\" title=\"5 Things to Know When Contemplating a Courthouse Marriage\" src=\"https:\/\/image.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-Things-to-Know-When-Contemplating-a-Courthouse-Marriage.jpg\" alt=\"5 Things to Know When Contemplating a Courthouse Marriage\" width=\"804\" height=\"350\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Couples that want to get a courthouse wedding are becoming more and more increasing in their numbers. You can have hundreds of reasons to be <\/span><b>getting married at the courthouse<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, some of which we will be discussing in this article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s the 21st century now, and the taboo to get&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/celebrities-who-got-married-city-hall-courthouse-2018-8\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">married at the courthouse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has finally been lifted away from our current modern times. You can customize your courthouse wedding any way you like, with tons of courthouse wedding ideas out there to choose from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But first, let&rsquo;s find out how to have a courthouse wedding.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-How-to-get-married-at-the-courthouse\"><\/span>1. How to get married at the courthouse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To<\/span><b> get married at a courthouse,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you&rsquo;ll need: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">both you and your partner&rsquo;s IDs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">birth certificates and social security numbers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> apply for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmarriagelaws.com\/marriage-license\/application\/fees-cost\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">marriage license<\/a> at your local circuit court<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">call the courthouse and check if you meet the requirements needed for marriage<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">choose a date and make a reservation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">find all the people you need (you need to have two witnesses), and then take the leap, make your vows, and let the judge declare you&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/relationship\/staying-newlyweds-even-after-years-of-marriage\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">newlyweds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-How-much-does-it-cost-to-get-married-at-the-courthouse\"><\/span>2. How much does it cost to get married at the courthouse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&rsquo;re low on cash and worried about how much a courthouse wedding cost, leave all of your worries behind right now because this is one of the top reasons why couples opt for a courthouse marriage: it&rsquo;s budget-friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the United States alone a regular wedding can cost up to $35 000, which is, to say, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a lot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you&rsquo;re wondering how much a courthouse wedding costs (in terms of taxes), it&rsquo;s somewhere between $30 and $80, but it all depends on the state or country in which you&rsquo;re living.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45380\" src=\"https:\/\/image.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/How-to-get-married-at-the-courthouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"350\"><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-It%E2%80%99s-faster-and-more-discreet\"><\/span>3. It&rsquo;s faster and more discreet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All right, so you&rsquo;ve finally met that special someone with whom you have decided to be committed for the rest of your days on Earth. Naturally, you now have to have a wedding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You check for venues and find out that most of them have already been booked, and an open date for the two of you is a couple of years away. With a regular wedding, you&rsquo;d have to invite hundreds of guests and constantly worry about things turning out perfectly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But by <\/span><b>getting a courthouse<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/relationship\/purpose-of-marriage\/\"> <b>marriage<\/b><\/a><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can get married right away, and in the presence of only the closest friends and family members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended<\/strong>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/marriage-courses\/pre-marriage-course\">Pre Marriage Course Online<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-How-does-a-courthouse-wedding-work\"><\/span>4. How does a courthouse wedding work?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&rsquo;s see how does a courthouse wedding work. It&rsquo;s fairly simple&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/holidappy.com\/party-planning\/How-to-Get-Married-at-a-Courthouse-in-Michigan\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">getting married in a courthouse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You first arrive in it with your spouse and close ones and go through a standard security check. Inform the people that you&rsquo;re there to get married.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on their schedule, you might have to wait, but when your turn comes, you&rsquo;ll be walked into a small courtroom or office, where one of the presiding magistrates is working.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;The magistrate will speak a few words, make you take your vows, ask you to sign the license along with your witnesses in front of him, and then declare you married.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Getting married through the court<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an official and solemn ritual because legally speaking, you&rsquo;re not alone anymore!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45381\" src=\"https:\/\/image.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/How-does-a-courthouse-wedding-work.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"350\"><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-Can-we-customize-the-decor\"><\/span>5. Can we customize the d&eacute;cor?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes you can, but you&rsquo;ll have to speak in advance with the magistrate if you have some courthouse wedding ideas in terms of decorations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting married at a courthouse means that you&rsquo;ll be focusing only on what matters: you and your loved one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you <\/span><b>marry at the courthouse<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the photographer will only have you and your spouse insight. You&rsquo;ll also have awesome pics, because most courthouses are historical, beautiful buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&rsquo;ve decided to&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/relationship\/create-marriage-youve-always-wanted\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the courthouse, go for it! It&rsquo;s a quick, affordable and discreet experience getting married through the court in the presence of only your friends and loved ones. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You get to focus on what actually really matters: love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope you&rsquo;ve learned a thing or two in this article on how to have a courthouse wedding, how to get you started on organizing one, and how to reap the benefits of having one at the max!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Couples that want to get a courthouse wedding are becoming more and more increasing in their numbers. You can have hundreds of reasons to be getting married at the courthouse, some of which we will be discussing in this article. It&rsquo;s the 21st century now, and the taboo to get&nbsp;married at the courthouse has finally been lifted away from our current modern times. You can customize your courthouse wedding any way you like, with tons of courthouse wedding ideas out there to choose from. But first, let&rsquo;s find out how to have a courthouse wedding. 1. How to get married <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1419,"featured_media":42752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[2622],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42750"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61219,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42750\/revisions\/61219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}