Your Civil Marriage Guide 2026

Compare Marriage License Costs, Wait Times and Civil Wedding Requirements

Compare marriage license fees, waiting periods, validity windows, and civil wedding requirements for 100+ US and Canadian cities. Ask the AI-style search to jump from a plain-language question to the right marriage license, courthouse wedding, city hall wedding, and civil marriage guide.

105Cities Covered
$74average marriage license fee
68%Same-Day OK

CivillyWed AI marriage license searchCivillyWed is a free AI-style civil marriage search tool for comparing marriage license cost, wait times, validity windows, courthouse wedding options, city hall wedding steps, and official requirements across the U.S. and Canada.

86 U.S. cities

City-by-city civil wedding requirements and fees.

19 Canada cities

Marriage licence costs and local validity rules.

71 same-day cities

No-wait civil marriage planning shortcuts.

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CivillyWed AI routes prompts like marriage license near me, courthouse wedding near me, city hall wedding, marriage license cost, and civil marriage requirements into city and state pages.

Marriage license near me

Find city-level marriage license guides with fees, wait times, validity windows, office links, and civil wedding requirements.

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Courthouse wedding near me

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Marriage license cost

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Civil marriage requirements

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Marriage license fee distribution

29
cities
Under $50
59
cities
$50-$100
17
cities
Over $100

Civil marriage search data

U.S. average fee

$66

Across 86 cities tracked, ranging from $15 to $169

Canada average fee

$111

Across 19 cities tracked, ranging from $20 to $324

Same-day available

71 cities

68% of all cities list no waiting period or same-day license timing.

5 lowest-cost U.S. marriage license cities

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#1 lowest cost

Manchester

NH
$15
#2 lowest cost

Detroit

MI
$20
#3 lowest cost

Long Beach

CA
$20
#4 lowest cost

Albuquerque

NM
$25
#5 lowest cost

Buffalo

NY
$25

Top 10 lowest marriage license fees

Manchester, NH
$15
Detroit, MI
$20
Long Beach, CA
$20
Whitehorse, YT
$20 CAD
Albuquerque, NM
$25
Buffalo, NY
$25
Indianapolis, IN
$25
Omaha, NE
$25
New Orleans, LA
$27
Pittsburgh, PA
$27

Top 10 highest marriage license fees

San Francisco, CA
$124
St. Paul, MN
$125
San Diego, CA
$129
Halifax, NS
$132 CAD
Ottawa, ON
$140 CAD
London, ON
$140 CAD
Toronto, ON
$160 CAD
Seattle, WA
$169
Kitchener, ON
$180 CAD
Quebec City, QC
$324 CAD

Average marriage license fee by state

New Hampshire
$15
Michigan
$20
Indiana
$25
Nebraska
$25
New Mexico
$25
Louisiana
$27
Colorado
$30
Delaware
$30
Idaho
$30
Virginia
$31
New York
$33
Iowa
$35

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Alaska

1 cities • $60-$60

Alabama

1 cities • $70-$70

Arkansas

1 cities • $60-$60

Arizona

3 cities • $83-$98

California

12 cities • $20-$129

Colorado

3 cities • $30-$30

Washington D.C.

1 cities • $45-$45

Delaware

1 cities • $30-$30

Florida

4 cities • $86-$93

Georgia

2 cities • $36-$68

Hawaii

1 cities • $65-$65

Iowa

1 cities • $35-$35

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