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Marriage License Fee: Varies by city to town

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Marriage Law Requirements for Massachusetts Marriage Licenses:

  • You must be 18 years of age or older. If either party is under 18

  • Couples who wish to be married in Massachusetts must apply in person, together and at the same time and have a marriage license issued within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

  • Both parties must show valid government-issued photo ID (driver’s license, state ID, or passport).

  • Massachusetts has a (3) three-day waiting period.

  • In Massachusetts you may file your intentions with the City/Town Clerk in any community in the state.
  • The fee for filing the Intention of Marriage in Massachusetts varies from city to town and is required at the time of application.

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Massachusetts Marriage License Laws Requirements:

Abington Acton
Acushnet Adams
Agawam Alford
Amesbury Amherst
Andover Aquinnah
Arlington Ashburnham
Ashby Ashfield
Ashland Athol
Attleboro Auburn
Avon Ayer
Barnstable Barre
Becket Bedford
Belchertown Bellingham
Belmont Berkley
Berlin Bernardston
Beverly Billerica
Blackstone Blandford
Bolton Boston
Bourne Boxborough
Boxford Boylston
Braintree Brewster
Bridgewater Brimfield
Brockton Brookfield
Brookline Buckland
Burlington Cambridge
Canton Carlisle
Carver Charlemont
Charlton Chatham
Chelmsford Chelsea
Cheshire Chester
Chesterfield Chicopee
Chilmark Clarksburg
Clinton Cohasset
Colrain Concord
Conway Cummington
Dalton Danvers
Dartmouth Dedham
Deerfield Dennis
Dighton Douglas
Dover Dracut
Dudley Dunstable
Duxbury East Bridgewater
East Brookfield East Longmeadow
Eastham Easthampton
Easton Edgartown
Egremont Erving
Essex Everett
Fairhaven Fall River
Falmouth Fitchburg
Florida Foxborough
Framingham Franklin
Freetown Gardner
Georgetown Gill
Gloucester Goshen
Gosnold Grafton
Granby Granville
Great Barrington Greenfield
Groton Groveland
Halifax Hampden
Hancock Hanover
Hanson Hardwick
Harvard Harwich
Hatfield Haverhill
Hawley Heath
Hingham Hinsdale
Holbrook Holden
Holland Holliston
Holyoke Hopedale
Hopkinton Hubbardston
Hudson Hull
Huntington Ipswich
Kingston Lakeville
Lancaster Lanesborough
Lawrence Lee
Leicester Lenox
Leominster Leverett
Lexington Leyden
Lincoln Littleton
Longmeadow Lowell
Ludlow Lunenburg
Lynn Lynnfield
Malden Manchester by the Sea
Mansfield Marblehead
Marion Marlborough
Marshfield Mashpee
Mattapoisett Maynard
Medfield Medford
Medway Melrose
Mendon Merrimac
Methuen Middleborough
Middlefield Middleton
Milford Millbury
Millis Millville
Milton Monroe
Monson Montague
Monterey Montgomery
Mt. Washington Nahant
Nantucket Natick
Needham New Ashford
New Bedford New Braintree
New Marlborough New Salem
Newbury Newburyport
Newton Norfolk
North Adams North Andover
North Attleborough North Brookfield
North Reading Northborough
Northbridge Northfield
Northampton Norton
Norwell Norwood
Oak Bluffs Oakham
Orange Orleans
Otis Oxford
Palmer Paxton
Peabody Pelham
Pembroke Pepperell
Peru Petersham
Phillipston Pittsfield
Plainfield Plainville
Plymouth Plympton
Princeton Provincetown
Quincy Randolph
Raynham Reading
Rehoboth Revere
Richmond Rochester
Rockland Rockport
Rowe Rowley
Royalston Russell
Rutland Salem
Salisbury Sandisfield
Sandwich Saugus
Savoy Scituate
Seekonk Sharon
Sheffield Shelburne
Sherborn Shirley
Shrewsbury Shutesbury
Somerset Somerville
South Hadley Southampton
Southborough Southbridge
Southwick Spencer
Springfield Sterling
Stockbridge Stoneham
Stoughton Stow
Sturbridge Sudbury
Sunderland Sutton
Swampscott Swansea
Taunton Templeton
Tewksbury Tisbury
Tolland Topsfield
Townsend Truro
Tyngsborough Tyringham
Upton Uxbridge
Wakefield Wales
Walpole Waltham
Ware Wareham
Warren Warwick
Washington Watertown
Wayland Webster
Wellesley Wellfleet
Wendell Wenham
West Boylston West Bridgewater
West Brookfield West Newbury
West Springfield West Stockbridge
West Tisbury Westborough
Westfield Westford
Westhampton Westminster
Weston Westport
Westwood Weymouth
Whately Whitman
Wilbraham Williamsburg
Williamstown Wilmington
Winchendon Winchester
Windsor Winthrop
Woburn Worcester
Worthington Wrentham
Yarmouth

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The following information outlines the procedures you must follow to obtain the license.

  • Both persons must apply must apply in person, together and at the same time for a marriage license.

  • If a person is in the military, intentions may be filed by either party, provided one is a Massachusetts resident.

  • In the case of same-sex marriages, both parties must be residents of Massachusetts or show documentation that satisfies the City/Town Clerk that they intend to reside in Massachusetts after being married.

Marriage ID Requirement Massachusetts:

  • Both parties must show valid government-issued photo ID (driver’s license, state ID, or passport).

  • Both parties must know their Social Security numbers to complete their Marriage Intention Form.

Marriage Residency Requirement Massachusetts:

You do not have to be a state resident to get married in Massachusetts, but you must obtain a valid marriage license issued by a Massachusetts City/Town Clerk. An out-of-state marriage license cannot be used.

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Marriage Waiting Period Requirement Massachusetts:

Yes, there is a mandatory (3) three day waiting period. While Sundays and holidays are included in the three days, the day the application is made is not. For example, if you apply on Friday, your license will be issued on or after Monday. Check with the City/Town Clerk in the city or town in which you intend to file your intentions whether you must pick it up in person, or if it can be mailed.

Court Waiver Requirement Massachusetts:

If you and your prospective spouse must marry before the 72 hour waiting period is over, you can seek to have the waiting period waived by filing a request for a Marriage without Delay  Marriage License, State of Massachusetts Marriage License, MA with the probate court or district court in the city or town, or county where you originally applied for the license. If you are not married within the 60 days after your license was granted, you must apply for a new license. 

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If either person was previously married, joined in a civil union, a registered domestic partnership, or other legally binding relationship recognized by another state, this relationship must be legally dissolved (meaning your divorce must be final) before applying for a Massachusetts marriage license.

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Marriage License Fees Massachusetts:

Although state statute stipulates a fee for a marriage license, it also allows cities and towns by a vote of their city councils, boards of selectmen or town meeting or by a change in the by-laws to set their own fee. So call your local City/Town Clerk in which you plan to file your intentions before making any travel plans.

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Marriage Blood Test Requirement Massachusetts:

A pre-marital blood test is not required as part of the process of obtaining a license to be married in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Name Change:

Getting a marriage license with your new name on it does not mean your name has automatically changed. If you need to change your last name, you can use an online marriage name change kit.


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Marriage Age Requirements Massachusetts:

You must be 18 years of age or older. If either party is under 18, a Marriage of Minors Marriage License, State of Massachusetts Marriage License, MA application form must be filed with the probate court or district court where the minor lives.

Proxy Marriages Massachusetts:

No. However, if either party is in the military, or is incarcerated, intentions may be filed by either party, provided one is a Massachusetts resident.

Cousin Marriages Massachusetts:

Yes. First and second cousins may legally marry in Massachusetts.

Common Law Marriages Massachusetts:

No.

Same Sex Marriages Massachusetts:

Yes, same-sex couples can get married in Massachusetts.

Solemnization of Marriage Massachusetts:

One of the most important parts of planning your wedding is determining who will actually perform the ceremony. There are three (3) primary groups of people that can legally solemnize a marriage in Massachusetts:

After the wedding ceremony is complete, whomever you chose to perform the ceremony must sign and return your marriage license to the City/Town Clerk where it was issued so it can be legally recorded.

Registration To Perform (Solemnize) Marriages Massachusetts:

Want a friend or family member to perform the ceremony? If they’re over 18 they can apply for a One Day Marriage Designation from the Governor’s Office. The application must be in at least six weeks, but no more than three months, before the ceremony is to take place.

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Marriage Witnesses Massachusetts:

Witnesses are not required in Massachusetts.

Expiration Date of Marriage License Massachusetts:

License is valid for sixty (60) days.

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Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
Department of Public Health
150 Mt. Vernon Street
Boston, MA 02125
Telephone: 617.740.2600

Please Note: State and county marriage license requirements often change. The above information is for guidance only and should not be regarded as legal advice. For more information regarding Massachusetts marriage license laws please visit www.sec.state.ma.us.

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