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Tennessee Marriage License Requirements

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• A Tennessee marriage license is required and may be applied for/purchased at any Tennessee County Courthouse or County Court Clerk's extension office.  You may also pre-register for a marriage license online.  Your marriage license may be used the same day applied for.  Pre-registered wedding licenses may be picked up at the Sevier County Courthouse or any of the County Clerk extension offices.  You must have the Groom's last name, both be present with photo ID's and be ready to sign your license. 
  
  Sevier County Marriage License Office's Map

  If either of you have been divorced or widowed, you will need to know the exact date that the divorce was final or date of death. If bride has had a name change in her divorce and has not had her name changed on her driver's license, she will need to provide a certified copy of her divorce decree.

  You must both present a valid driver's license from your home state OR a certified birth certificate. (You must present a social security card if your Social Security Number is not on your driver’s license).

  
  Fee for Out-of-State couples:  Marriage Licenses issued in Sevier County are $45.00.  Couples stopping in any other county within Tennessee must pay $105.00 for their marriage license or present a certificate of completion for 4 hours marriage counseling at which time they may then pay $45.00.  Cash, MasterCard and Visa are accepted.

  
  Fee for Tennessee State Residents:  Marriage Licenses issued throughout Tennessee are $105.00.  Cash, MasterCard and Visa are accepted.  The $60.00 fee will be waived if the applicants complete a 4 hour premarital preparation course and present a certificate of completion, which can be obtained through the County Clerk's Office.

  Two Marriage Certificates will be issued and must be signed by the wedding couple as well as the minister.  The first is on plain white paper with the birth dates of the couple.  The second is on a frameable gold paper and will not have birth dates on it.