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A marriage license valid anywhere in the state of North Carolina may be obtained from the Register of Deeds of any county. You no longer have to get a marriage license from the county in which your wedding will take place. The current cost of a marriage license in NC is $60 cash only.
Legal information about getting married in North Carolina and a link to the Register of Deeds in the following counties.
Durham County - Durham, Bahama, RTP
Johnston County - Benson, Clayton
Orange County - Chapel Hill, Hillsborough
Wake County - Raleigh, Cary, Apex
Chatham County - Pittsboro
ABOUT CERTIFIED COPIES:
If the bride is going to change her
last name, she will need one certified copies of your
completed marriage license. If she has a passport she will need to
change, I suggest you get 2 certified copies. They are $10 each. Wake
County Register of Deeds will give you a small request slip when you get
your license. Fill out the request and make out your personal check to
Register of Deeds for the total amount. Place your check and the
request in the envelope with your marriage license that you will give me
at your rehearsal. After your wedding, I will have your two
witnesses sign the license and bring it home with me and complete my part
and sign it. Then I will mail it in to the Register of Deeds with your
check and request. (Johnston and Orange County Registers of Deeds require
cashier's checks so I cannot send in a request for you to these counties.)
After the Register of Deeds has recorded your marriage they will mail your certified copies to
you. You will need to take one certified copy to the Social Security office to
change your name. They will scan it in and give it back to you. Then take
it to the DMV to change your name
on your drivers’ license. They will scan in your certified copy and give
it back to you. Social Security and DMV will not accept
photocopies. If you have a passport,
you will need to mail in your certified copy to get your name changed for that. I
suggest you keep the other original certified copy at home in your files to
photocopy for those wanting proof of marriage but don’t require an
original.
Also remember that if either of you is going on the other’s health insurance,
you have only 30 days from your wedding date to notify the health
insurance carrier of your change in dependents. Marriage is a
“qualifying event” that will allow you to make this change mid-period.
If you miss this time frame, you will have to wait until the next
enrollment period to add a dependent.
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Reverend Kayelily Middleton, M. Div.