Please check with your municipal offices for your local judge or mayor's availability to perform a civil ceremony. If your municipal judge or mayor is unable to perform a civil ceremony, please reach out to the county courthouse at 732-645-4300 x88540

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Prospective couples must apply for and receive a valid New Jersey Marriage License from the Registrar of Vital Statistics in the municipality where either spouse resides. If neither spouse is a resident of New Jersey, the couple should apply for the license in the municipality where the marriage will take place.

If one or both applicants are divorced, bring a copy of the final decree for examination by the Registrar of Vital Statistics or a statement by the judge as to when the final decree was signed (not the date of the final hearing). A form of identification (ex. an original birth certificate, passport, or picture driver’s license) is required for both spouses.

A marriage license will not be issued sooner than three (3) days after the application has been made. Once the marriage license is issued, it is valid for thirty (30) days from the issued date. A marriage license permits a wedding to be lawfully performed. On the day of the wedding ceremony, the two designated witnesses are required to appear with the couple to be married and must also bring identification.

The marriage license cannot be amended once the witness information has been added, so please be sure that both witnesses are available to attend the scheduled wedding ceremony. If there is any change, the license will have to be reissued and the wedding must be rescheduled.

The marriage license must be signed by an officiate within the thirty (30) days after issuance. Officiates can be Federal District Judges, U.S. magistrates, judge of a municipal court, judges of the Superior Court, judges of a tax court, County Clerks, any mayor/deputy mayor or chairman of any township committee, N.J. village presidents, and ministers of every religion.
The official who performs the ceremony must file the license with the Registrar of Vital Statistics in the municipality where the ceremony was performed within five days.
Premarital blood tests are no longer required in the State of New Jersey.