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Bernalillo County Marriage License |
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Believe
it or not, only five simple things are required to get married
in Bernalillo County, New Mexico:
• a bride
• a groom
• an officiant
• witnesses (two)
• and a marriage license
Here’s the scoop on your Marriage License, assuming you
obtain it in Bernalillo County, New Mexico...
No blood test is required.
The Marriage License Bureau of the County Clerk’s Office
is located on the 6th floor of the City/County complex in downtown
Albuquerque at the Southeast corner of 5th Street & Marquette
Avenue.
Marriage License Bureau
1 Civic Plaza NW
Albuquerque NM 87102
505-768-4314
Their business hours are Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm.
If both the bride and groom are over the age of 18, they need
to present themselves to the clerk with a picture ID and $25
cash. For ages 16-17 both parents
need to be in attendance and consenting. If one or both are
age 15, permission needs to granted through children’s
court.
The license is good for an indefinite time. The ceremony may
be performed anywhere in New Mexico.
After the ceremony, the license must be signed by the officiant,
the bride, the groom, and two adult witnesses (relatives are
OK). The officiant must be an ordained minister of a church
or a judge.
The completed license must be recorded in the issuing county.
It can be mailed or taken in person. In Bernalillo County, you
get a mailing envelope when the license is issued and the license
will be mailed back to you after it is recorded—a must-have
keepsake. Your marriage is legal whether or not the license
is recorded. Recording the license ensures that a record of
the marriage can be found when necessary. Incidentally, common
law marriage is not recognized in New Mexico, a community-property
state.
Couples usually sign the license immediately after the ceremony.
They usually do the mailing. (Any one can mail it in but it’s
your marriage that may be hard to prove if the license doesn’t
get recorded).
Same-sex marriages are not recognized in New Mexico.
Well, that’s the scoop on your Bernalillo County, New
Mexico, marriage license. This information has been assembled
by Bill
Howden, an NMWP officiant and verified
with local officials. |
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