Jurisdiction Maps. Election Information. Marriage Licenses. Doing Business As. Parking in Bentonville. Running for Office. Voter Registration Information. County Clerk Department Home. The County Clerk also keeps a record of all corporation filings within the county. In light of concerns regarding the COVID virus and our attempts to minimize contact between our employees and the public, the procedures for obtaining a marriage license have been modified.
Some things to consider: Marriage licenses will be issued by appointment ONLY You may obtain a license in any county in Arkansas, and use it to get married anywhere in the state. It is not necessary to get a license either from the county in which you reside, or in the county in which you are getting married. The license must be returned to the issuing county within 60 days of the issue date, so if your wedding is not coming up in the next week or so, you might consider waiting until closer to the date to get your license — most couples wait until a few days prior to the wedding.
Some limited contact with our employees will still be required, so please do not come to pick up a license if you are symptomatic, or have had exposure to any illness.
Once you have got your marriage license and have done the wedding ceremony, you can obtain your marriage certificate. When applying for a marriage license, all the applicants who are at least 18 must provide proof of identity.
In Alaska, the state law requires you to be at least 18 years old to marry. If you are under 18 you must apply for a marriage license with your parents or legal guardians. If you have applied and provided the documents that your parents signed, you are going to wait for 5 working days. That is they both sign a contract for their teenager to marry.
However, if one of the parents is dead, you must provide the death certificate. What concerns marriage officiants, you must have an officiant with you on your marriage day.
Marriage officiants can be:. On your wedding day, your marriage officiant must sign your license. You must do it within the next 60 days. Covenant marriage is a legally accepted type of marriage that allows married couples to agree and have pre-marital counseling and accept fewer grounds for divorce later on. That is the divorce process becomes harder than in regular. Arkansas offers covenant marriages. In Arkansas, you and your partner may contract a covenant marriage by confirming that fact on their marriage license application.
You must as well sign a separate declaration to agree with the terms and conditions. This is your application and license fee. You can make payments either in cash or with a debit or credit card. So in case, you decided to change your name, you must apply for it before the wedding day. You will also need to change all the documents you have.
Whenever you obtain your license, you must use it in the next 60 days. You must apply for a new marriage license. It is only a document that allows you to marry legally. A marriage certificate will be valid all your life. It is legal proof that you have a husband or wife.
In , the U. A adopted a law that allows people of the same gender to marry each other. So Arkansas, like the other states of the U. S, accepts same-gender marriages.
You just have to undergo the same process as opposite-gender marriages. Alaska does not accept proxy marriages. You and your partner must both be in court on the application and wedding ceremony days. Generally, it is Arkansas Vital Records Center that provides marriage records.
Some of the marriage records are even open to the public. Actually, the records that are open to the public are about years old. And if you want to acquire the marriage record, you must apply to the Arkansas Health Department to send them a request.
You can apply online via the Arkansas Vital Records portal. However, you must pay extra 5 dollars to have access to the documents. In addition, you can physically visit the office.
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