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Marriage License
• Applicants must both appear in person to complete the application for
a marriage license.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older. (Certain circumstances
permit underage applicants to obtain a marriage license. Call the White
County Probate Court for additional information.)
• A picture identification card is required for both applicants.
• A divorce decree or death certificate from the former spouse is required
from any applicant who has had a prior marriage.
• At least one applicant must be a resident of Georgia to apply for a marriage
license in a county other than the county where the ceremony is to take place.
If both applicants are nonresidents of Georgia, then the application must be
made in the county where the marriage ceremony will take place.

The fee for a marriage license will be:
• $36 for couples with a certificate of pre-marriage counseling.
• $76 for couples without a certificate of pre-marriage counseling.
• Fees are payable by cash, check, or money order.
• Certified copies are an additional $10 per copy.
• After the ceremony, the license is to be returned to the issuing
probate court, which will then record the license in the marriage
docket. Certified copies of the license may then be issued by the court.

• White County Probate Court
59 S. Main Street, Suite H
Cleveland, GA 30528
706-865-4141
whitecounty.net/courts/probate-court

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