WHERE
TO APPLY:
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Applicants who are State of Wisconsin residents,
marriage license needs
to be applied for at least 8 days before date of
ceremony and NO later than 30 days
(marriage license is valid for only 30 days).
This license can then
used in any county in the State of Wisconsin.
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In the
case that both parties are nonresidents of the State
of Wisconsin, application must be made in the county
where the ceremony is to be performed.
WHERE
TO APPLY:
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Milwaukee County -
(414)-278-4067
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901 N.
9th Street, Rm. 105, Milwaukee, WI 53233
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AGE:
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At age
18 an individual may marry without consent.
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An
individual may marry at age 16 and 17 with written
consent of the person's parents, guardian,
custodian, or a parent having the actual care,
custody, and control of the person. Marriages
contracted without this consent are void. Marriages
contracted out-of-State by persons not of age in
Wisconsin are considered to be void in the State of
Wisconsin.
RELATIONSHIP:
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No
marriage shall be contracted while either of the
parties has a husband or wife living, nor between
persons who are nearer of kin than second cousins,
excepting that marriage may be contracted between
first cousins where the female has attained the age
of 55 years or where either party, at the time of
application for a marriage license, submits an
affidavit signed by a physician stating that either
party is permanently sterile. Relationship under
this section shall be computed by the rule of the
civil law, whether the parties to the marriage are
of the half or of the whole blood. A marriage may
not be contracted if either party has such want of
understanding as renders him or her incapable of
assenting to marriage.
DIVORCED PERSONS:
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Persons who are divorced, whether divorced in the
State of Wisconsin or elsewhere, cannot marry again
until six months have elapsed. A marriage of any
such person solemnized before the expiration of six
months from the date of the granting of judgment of
divorce shall be void. Marriages contracted out of
the State by persons not legally divorced in
Wisconsin are considered to be void in the State of
Wisconsin.
FEE:
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A fee
of $105.00, payable by cash only, is charged at
the time of application for the license.
WAITING PERIOD:
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Application for a marriage license shall be made at
least six (6) days before a license shall be issued,
unless a waiver of this waiting period has been
granted.
SPECIAL DISPENSATION:
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A waiver of the six day waiting period may be
granted to military personnel by order of the County
Clerk.
An extra fee of $10.00, payable by cash, cashier check
or money order, is
charged for a waiver of the 6 day waiting period.
EXPIRATION:
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A
marriage license must be used within 30 days from
the issuance date.
CEREMONY (Information to be provided) :
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Date
and place of the ceremony.
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Name,
title, address & phone # of the person performing the
ceremony.
The
following are duly authorized to be officiating persons:
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Any
ordained clergyman of any religious denomination or
society who continues to be such ordained clergyman.
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Any
licentiate of a denominational body or an appointee
or any bishop serving as the regular clergyman of
any church or denomination to which he/she belongs,
if he/she is not restrained from so doing by the
discipline of his/her church or denomination.
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The
two parties themselves, by such mutual declarations,
in accordance with the customs, rules and
regulations of any religious society, denomination,
or sect to which either of said parties may belong.
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Any
Judge or a court of record.
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Any
family court commissioner appointed under S.247.13,
or court commissioner appointed under S.757.68.
IDENTIFICATION OF PARTIES:
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Each
party shall present satisfactory proof of where they
live. If a driver's license is not available, other
items accepted are: a piece of mail, rent/mortgage
receipt, etc.).
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Per
Wisconsin State Statutes, if parties are under the
age of 30, a state-certified copy of a birth
certificate must be presented. Hospital birth
certificates, hospital records, Wisconsin
identification cards, or baptismal certificates are
not accepted.
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All
applicants must submit their social security
numbers.
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A copy
of a prior divorce proceeding, death certificate, or
annulment papers, affecting the marital status must
also be exhibited to the County Clerk.
NOTE: Other than the lower confidential
portion, your marriage application is a public record.
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