VITAL RECORDS MARRIAGE APPLICATION CHECKLIST Marriage License How to obtain Birth/Death Certificates: _____ Wedding arrangements: They must be If the birth/death occurred in Wisconsin contact: finalized prior to applying for your license: Your wedding date; municipality where Information
Register of Deeds marriage is taking place (city, village or 508 New York Avenue Room 218 township); name, address and phone number Sheboygan, WI 53081 of your officiant; names of your two adult Telephone: 920-459-3023 witnesses. A marriage application must be made 6 to 30 days prior to the wedding day. If the birth/death occurred in another State go to: _____ Make an appointment: To apply for a www.cdc.gov/nchs marriage license please call the County
Clerk’s office at 920-459-3003 ASAP! How to obtain Divorce Judgments: An appointment is required. Copies of final Divorce Judgments are available from the county where the divorce occurred. To obtain a _____ Certified birth certificate: A certified birth divorce judgment from Sheboygan County please certificate must include a raised seal. Hospital contact: Certificates of Birth or State Notifications of Birth Registration are not certified birth My staff and I appreciate the privilege of serving you! Sheboygan County Clerk of Circuit Courts certificates. th 615 N. 6 Street Jon Dolson Sheboygan, WI 53081 _____ Unexpired photo ID Sheboygan County Clerk Telephone: 920-459-3962 508 New York Avenue _____ Proof of residency: (if photo ID is not current) If the divorce occurred elsewhere in the State of Only residents of Sheboygan County or Sheboygan, Wisconsin Wisconsin, please contact the Clerk of Circuit Courts residents of another state, who are being in that county or go to: married in Sheboygan County, may apply in 920-459-3003 www.dhfs.wisconsin.gov/vitalrecords Sheboygan County.
_____ Social Security Numbers: You do not need www.sheboygancounty.com If the divorce occurred in another State please go to: www.cdc.gov/nchs to bring your Social Security card. Marriage license applications _____ If previously married: Please supply proof of About Your Officiant how the marriage ended (Death Certificate, are taken weekdays If you a have questions about the legality of the Legal Annulment, or Findings & Conclusion of officiant you have chosen, you may want to seek legal Final Divorce Judgment) BY APPOINTMENT counsel. To contact a Sheboygan County religious _____ Application fee(s): $85.00 plus $25.00 officiant by denomination you may wish to contact the waiver fee (if qualified to apply for a license County Clerk’s Office at 920-459-3003. 8:30-11:00 AM & 1:30-3:30 PM less than 6 days prior to the wedding: i.e. out of state residents)
_____ Parental Consent Form if under 18 years old Please call as soon as possible to set appointment _____ Foreign language documents must have a certified translation. Applicants who do not speak and understand English must apply ATTENTION HONEYMOONERS:
with an independent interpreter not related to either applicant PASSPORT SERVICES AVAILABLE HERE!
CIVIL CEREMONIES Unexpired Photo ID and Proof of Residency: Both INFORMATION GUIDE parties must present unexpired photo identification Courthouse Ceremonies (driver’s license, alien card, school ID, etc.) and Couples wishing to be married at the Courthouse Marriageable Age: Any person who has attained the documentation showing a correct address for proof of should contact the Family Court Commissioner’s office age of 18 may marry. Persons 16 or 17 years of age residency (driver’s license, rent receipt, bank account, at 920-459-3102 prior to applying for the marriage may marry only with written consent of parents or utility bill, pay stub with address, etc.) license. Wedding ceremonies are performed in Room guardian. Consent forms must be signed in the B-10 on Fridays between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. by County Clerk’s office. Social Security Numbers: Both parties must provide appointment. There is a $45 fee for use of the their SSN. It is not necessary for you to bring the courthouse payable at the time of application for Residency: Application must be made in the county actual Social Security card with you. marriage license in the County Clerk’s Office. where one or both parties have resided for at least 30 days. If both parties are residents of another state, Ceremony: When you apply for your license we will Other Civil Ceremonies application must be made in the WI county where the need to know the DATE of your ceremony, the exact Couples wishing to be married outside of the ceremony will be held. location WHERE (municipality) you are to be married, courthouse can be married by a County Circuit Court the NAME, ADDRESS and TELEPHONE NUMBER of Judge or Municipal Judge. Circuit Court Judges are License Application: Both parties must apply the OFFICIANT performing the ceremony, and the available on a rotational basis. Fees are at the together in-person in the County Clerk’s Office. The NAMES of your two adult witnesses. discretion of the individual judges and can range from application must be made 6 to 30 days prior to the $175 to $250. Sheboygan County Circuit Court Judges marriage date. Please call 920-459-3003 as soon Divorce Papers/Death Certificate: If either party has can be contacted through the Judicial Assistant as possible to set an appointment. An appointment been previously married, they must provide a copy of Department of the Clerk of Circuit Courts Office at is required. An $85.00 fee is payable at the time of the Divorce Judgment, Legal Annulment papers or 920-459-0308. application. If the couple is unable to apply within the Death Certificate from their last marriage. If the last ______required time due to extenuating circumstances (call marriage ended in divorce, the divorce must be final Circuit Court Judges are: Clerk’s office to find out extenuating circumstances), for at least 6 months to remarry in Wisconsin. Daniel Borowski the County Clerk may waive the 6-day waiting period. Kent Hoffmann The “30 days prior” requirement cannot be waived. A Foreign Language: Documents in a foreign language Rebecca Persick waiver form must be completed and an additional must have a certified translation. Persons who do not Edward Stengel $25.00 fee will be charged. Waivers will not be granted speak and understand English must bring an Angela Sutkiewicz for applicants under the age of 18. independent interpreter not related to either party Reserve Judges are: when applying for their license. James Bolgert 920-453-0400 Payment: Our office accepts cash or check. Most Terry Bourke 920-458-0917 major credit and debit cards can be used, however Timothy Van Akkeren 920-458-1027 there is a transaction fee for this service. The Marriage License regulations contained in this Municipal Judges are: pamphlet are governed by the laws of the State of Village of Elkhart Lake Proof of Age: Both parties are required to present a Wisconsin. The regulations are the same statewide. Susan Schleisner 920-980-7055 certified birth certificate which has a raised seal The cost of a Marriage License and Waiver Fee may City of Plymouth from the State or County where they were born. vary from county to county. Matthew Mooney 920-892-8801 (Hospital Souvenir Birth Certificates and State City of Sheboygan/Village of Kohler Notification of Birth Registrations are not acceptable). For information on Marriage License regulations for Natasha Torry 920-287-6737 If born outside of the U.S. we will accept a Resident other states, please contact the county in which your City of Sheboygan Falls Alien Card or Foreign Passport. marriage will take place. Wallace T. Endsley 920-467-0763 Catherine Q. Delahunt (Retired) 262-424-3177 David Specht (Retired) 920-918-9020 Rev. 5/19/2020