Online Marriage License
Fill out your information online and expedite the marriage license process. After submitting your information, a confirmation number will be generated.
Please record that number and provide to our team in order to quickly access your information for marriage license processing.
Notice: Licenses are not issued after 4:30 P.M.
A Guide to Marriages
Florida Statute 741.01 in part states that the Clerk of Circuit Court acts as agent for the State of Florida for issuing Marriage Licenses. The Marriage License Department is here to answer your questions concerning obtaining a Marriage License in Levy County.
For advise to newly married couples or those about to get married we suggest you visit the Family Law section of the Florida Bar Web Site. This gives you some advice on the legal issues to be considered when you get married.
Frequently Asked Questions
Both parties must provide proof of the following:
- Identification in the form of a drivers license, state ID or passport.
- U.S. Citizens must provide their Social Security Number. Non Citizens may provide a Social Security Number or an Alien Registration Number issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
- Proof of age. Both parties must be at least 18 years of age.
- An application form must be completed. If either party has been previously married, you must note on the application how and when the marriage ended.
- The fee for the Marriage License is $86.00. This fee is reduced to $61.00 for Florida Residents who have completed a premarital preparation course as provided in Florida Statute 741.0305(5).
Yes.
There is no waiting period for Florida Residents who have presented a certificate of completion of a premarital preparation course from a qualified course provider.
Florida Marriage Licenses are good for 60 days from the effective date.
No. A Marriage License can be applied for and solemnized in any Florida County.
- All regularly ordained ministers of the gospel, elders in communion with a church, or other ordained clergy.
- All Judicial Officers, including retired Judicial Officers, Clerks of the Circuit Court, and Notary Publics of this State.
- “Quakers” and “Friends” may perform marriages in the manner and form used and practiced in their societies.
A minister who has been recognized in the manner required by the regulations of the respective denomination to perform marriage ceremonies.
Yes. If the Captain is a Notary and the ship is in Florida Waters (within 3 geographic miles of the coastline) at the time of the ceremony.
No. Florida Statute 741.08 states in part that the party solemnizing the marriage shall require a properly issued license before performing the ceremony, and within 10 days after the ceremony, he shall make a certificate thereof the license and shall transmit the same to the Clerk of the Circuit Court from which it was issued.
No. The Levy County Clerk does not provide this service.
Florida law prohibits a person marrying anyone to whom they are related by lineal consanguinity. The nearest degree of relations who may legally marry in the State of Florida is first cousins.
No. There are no citizenship or residency requirements.
A marriage license can be issued with the following conditions:
- With written consent from both parents or guardians.
- If the minor has been previously married.
- A County Judge can waive the age requirement for applicants who prove they are parents or expectant parents.
- If both parents are deceased.
Florida Statute 741.0405(4) states that no license to marry shall be granted to any person under the age of 16 years, with or without the consent of the parents, except as provided in Florida Statutes 741.0405(2) and 741.0405(3).