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Home > Travel Professionals > Planning Your Group > Weddings
For the Bride and Groom

Marriage License Requirements

  • Certified copies of birth certificates: If either party is from out-of-state, this requirement may be waived by a judge.
  • Must know Social Security numbers, but no documentation is required.
  • If previously married, a final divorce decree is required.
  • If widowed, a certified copy of death certificate is required.
  • $27.50 for marriage license in Orleans Parish (fee is non-refundable).
  •  LOUISIANA RESIDENTS - 72-hour waiting period period between issue of license and wedding, may be waived by a judge.  Bring marriage license to judge at 421 Loyola St, Rm 202 or 204, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.  Phone 504-592-9240 for more information.  The license is valid for 30 days.
  • NON LOUISIANA RESIDENTS - An officiant may waive the 72-hour waiting period upon application of the parties giving "serious and meritorious reasons".
  • Either the bridge or groom must appear in person.

Orleans Parish Marriage Office
1010 Common Street, Suite 1245
New Orleans, LA 70112
Ph: 504-568-3620
Hours: 8:00am to 4:00pm
Mon-Fri (except state holidays)

www.oph.dhh.state.la.us

  For map and directions [CLICK HERE]


             You can also go to the following office for a marriage license:

             Second City Court - Algiers Pointe Courthouse
                     (walking distance from the Canal St./Algiers Ferry)
                                                225 Morgan Street
                                           New Orleans, LA  70114
                                                 Tel: 504-368-4099
                                            Hours: 9:00am to 3:00pm
                                       (Please arrive before 2:15pm)
                                      Mon-Fri (except state holidays)

                              For map and directions [CLICK HERE]

  CONFIRM REQUIREMENTS WITH MARRIAGE LICENSE OFFICE AT 504-568-3620


Copy of Orleans Marriage Certificates

  • Instructions for ordering Marriage Certificates [HERE]
  • Application for Certified Copy of Orleans Parish Marriage Certificate [HERE]
  • Marriage Officiant Registration Affadavit [HERE]

Uniquely New Orleans Wedding Settings  Honeymooning in
New Orleans
  • Historic Homes/Plantations
  • French Quarter Courtyard
  • Private Gardens
  • Hotels
  • Mississippi Riverboats
  • Churches (choose from more than 900)
  • Lake Pontchartrain boats, yachts
  • Botanical Gardens - City Park
  • Jackson Square - 504-658-2176 call for details

  • Hotels, Bed & Breakfast, Quaint Inns
  • Plantation Cruises
  • Romantic Restaurants (choose from more than 1,200)
  • Big Easy Music (classy clubs, brassy cabarets, and quiet hideaways)

For Specifics on the Above or Assistance With Hotel Packages
Contact Leslie Straughan - (504) 566-5018 or (800) 748-8695 ext. 5018


 
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