Form Vs113 - San Benito County Clerk Marriage Licenses

Form Vs113 - San Benito County Clerk Marriage Licenses - 2015 Page 5

9. TO ORDER CERTIFIED COPIES: If you purchased a public marriage license, you or anyone authorized

may come in and purchase a copy for you or you may send the request form provided to you when you

purchased your license along with a self-addressed stamped envelope to the San Benito County Clerk. If you

have lost the form, simply send a notarized note stating your request and be sure to include the names of both

parties (if female, state maiden name) and date of marriage, along with a self-addressed stamped envelope.

If you purchased a confidential marriage license, only the parties to the marriage may come in and purchase a

copy upon presentation of a picture identification or you may send the request form signed and notarized,

provided to you when you purchased your marriage license along with a copy of your driver’s license, and a

self-addressed stamped envelope to the address above.

Your license will be rejected if it has:

• Corrections

• White-outs

• Strikeovers

Please note:

• This is a license or permit to get married and you are not married until a marriage ceremony is

performed.

• You must present this license to the person who is to perform the marriage ceremony.

• This license is valid for ninety (90) days and is void if not used before the expiration date stated on the

license.

• Certified copies of license must be requested and paid for; they will not be sent automatically.

If you have any questions concerning the Social Security Administration, please call 1-877-452-4198.

SORRY, we do not carry their applications and they no longer come to the Hollister area.

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