Considerations

• The director of the Department of Public Health and Environment handles marriage license applications, which, by law, must include specific identifying information (Social Security and driver's license numbers, date of birth) for the man and woman desiring to marry. Additionally, applicants must note any previous marriages and details of when and where a legal divorce or spouse's death took place. The application also requests the name and address of the applicants' parents or guardians and asks whether the couple has blood relation.
  
  

Fee

• Applicants must pay a license fee and also fees for the state's domestic abuse program and vital statistics records cash funds.
  
  

Age

• After payment of costs, applicants must prove they are, or will be, 18 years old when the license is issued. If an applicant is 16 or 17, a parent or guardian must grant permission for the minor to receive a license.
  
  

Validity

• After issuance, a marriage license remains in effect for 30 days, and if marriage does not take place before then, the document becomes void and the issuing county's clerk will expect its return.
  
  

Prohibitions

• Only allowed marriages will receive consideration for license. Prohibited marriages include those in which either applicant has a divorce in process or if the following ties of kinship exist: brother/sister, aunt/nephew, uncle/niece or if one is the offspring of the other.