French Quarter Wedding In New Orleans

The ONLY wedding chapel located within the New Orleans French Quarter

Even if you are not booking with our wedding service, please feel free to call with any questions or concerns regarding your wedding, licenses or locations in New Orleans.
We'd love to help you in any way we can to have a perfect New Orleans Wedding.

We will sign your license and include your 72 hour wavier (free.) In 2003 I co-authored the bill that allows officiates to sign that 72 hour wavier.

It is Open!!!!!

Orleans Parish Field Office

8:00 A.M. --3:30 P.M. M-F

NOTICE Office Moved

Vital Records Central Office offer walk-in OK at Benson Tower, 1450 Poydras St, Suite 407, New Orleans, LA. (504) 593-5103

"MAP HERE"

The other office:

Algiers Point
225 Morgan St.
504-368-4099
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM M-F,

Take the ferry at the end of Canal that leaves every hour on the 1/4 hour, when you get to the other side of the Mississippi go left 1 1/2 blocks to the court house GG Below! GG

S U M M A R Y

Get your license and get married the same day!

RS 9:242

§242. Waiver of delay

A. A judge or justice of the peace authorized to perform the marriage may waive the seventy-two-hour delay upon application of the parties giving serious and meritorious reasons. His certificate authorizing the immediate performance of the ceremony must be attached to the marriage license.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 9:241, an officiant authorized to perform marriage ceremonies in the parish of Orleans may waive the seventy-two-hour delay for nonresident parties upon application of the parties giving serious and meritorious reasons. His certificate authorizing the immediate performance of the ceremony shall be attached to the marriage license. For purposes of this Subsection, "nonresident" shall mean a person domiciled or residing in a jurisdiction other than the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1987, No. 886, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 2003, No. 255, §1, eff. June 6, 2003.

http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.asp?doc=106872 Law about getting married in LA

In June of 2003 Gov. Foster signed my bill SB565, From the time I started until done less the 4 months. Did not know a US citizen could change law! A great feeling!

The cost of a Louisiana marriage license, purchased in Orleans Parish, is $27.50 which is payable to the State of Louisiana.
($12.50 of this goes to the domestic violence fund in the parish where the license is purchased)

Cash or Check Only.
Certified copies of your marriage license may be purchased at the same time for $5.00 each.
We recommend 2 certified copies.

Credit cards are NOT accepted

You must:
always have a valid picture I.D.
(drivers license, military ID, or passport)
have the original or a certified copy of your birth certificate.
Have your SS card is best but knowing your social security number. Know both parties mother's maiden names.

This form is the form the marriage licenses office will have you fill out when applying for your marriage license. For your convenience we have posted it so you will know what information you will need to provide. Print (click) this form and fill it out and bring it with you when you go to get your marriage licenses. This will help if only one of you go to get the marriage license. This is the information you will be required to provide to the marriage licenses office when applying for your licenses.

Marriage License Office hours are:

Orleans Parish Field Office

8:00 A.M. --3:30 P.M. M-F

Benson Tower, 1450 Poydras St, Suite 400, New Orleans, LA

(504) 593-5103

Always call for up-dates on hours!

Info on LA State closers for 2012 Holidays

http://doa.louisiana.gov/osp/aboutus/2012holidays.htm

2012 Holiday Calendar

Holiday	Always falls on...	Date Observed in 2012
New Year's Day	January 1	January 2
*Inauguration Day	Once every 4 years in the City of Baton Rouge	January 9
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday (Observed)	3rd Monday in January	January 16
Mardi Gras	Tuesday before Ash Wednesday	February 21
Good Friday	Friday before Easter	April 6
*Memorial Day	Last Monday in May	May 28
Independence Day	July 4	July 4
Labor Day	1st Monday in September	September 3
Elections Day	1st Tuesday in November in even-numbered years	November 6
Veterans Day	November 11	November 12
Thanksgiving Day	4th Thursday in November	November 22
Christmas Day	December 25	December 25

Louisiana Revised Statute 1:55 declares days of public rest and legal holidays.

* Inauguration Day is a holiday in the City of Baton Rouge once every four years, and Memorial Day shall be annually proclaimed as a legal holiday as specified in R.S.1.55. General Election Day is a state holiday the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years.

Please feel free to call us for assistance @ 1-866-933-3864

Getting married in New Orleans is very simple.
Below is a detailed outline of all the information you need to know to get married in one of the world's most romantic cities!

A birth certificate or certified copy of your birth certificate is required if you were born in Louisiana. If you were not born in Louisiana, you can get a waiver for it on weekdays. If applying on Saturday you must have the birth certificate or a certified copy of the birth certificate.

Waivers are only available for birth certificates Monday through Friday.

First City Court
421 Loyola Avenue., Room 201
New Orleans, LA 70112

Second City Court
225 Morgan Street
New Orleans, LA 70114

You should have your social security card, or just your number. If you do not have your card or do not know your number, the licensing issuing agent at the marriage licensing bureau can sign the social security waiver.

For Internationals who do not have social security numbers, your passport is sufficient. The licensing issuing agent can sign your waiver for the social security number.

Waivers are obtained by asking for them. You will be sent across the street to the Municipal building where a judge will sign the waivers for the birth certificate. We do recommend that if you have your birth certificate, bring it to cut down on the time factor.

As of a licensing revision 5/20/05, If you are widowed or have been divorced, you must have a certified copy of the death certificate or divorce decree to obtain a license.

There is still a 72 hour waiting period in the state of Louisiana.
However, our Reverends can sign this waiver allowing you to be married any time after having your marriage license issued. This change, allowing an officiate of Orleans Parish ONLY to sign the 72 hour waiting period waiver, was adopted in June of 2003. This applies to non-residents ONLY. For Louisiana residents, you MUST have the judge sign the 72 hour waiting period waiver. Resident waivers can only be obtained Monday-Friday. Licenses are good for 30 days following issuance.

Only one of you need apply, please bring all information, and documents with you. You must also know both parties mother's maiden names.

This will take from 30 minutes to 1 1/2 hours and cost is $27.50 ($12.50 of this goes to the domestic violence fund in the parish where the license is purchased)

Legal Holidays

If a holiday falls on a Saturdays they are closed on Friday and if a holiday falls on a Sunday they are closed on Monday.

HOLIDAYS DATE OBSERVED

New Year's Day Thursday, January 01,
Day After New Year's Friday, January 02,
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Monday, January 19,
President's Day Monday, February 16,
Mardi Gras Day Tuesday, February 24,
Good Friday April 10,
Memorial Day Monday, May 25,
Fourth of July Friday, July 3,
Labor Day Monday, September 7,
Veterans' Day Wednesday, November 11,
Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 26,
Day After Thanksgiving Friday, November 27,
Christmas Eve Thursday, December 24,
Christmas Day Friday, December 25,
New Years Eve Thursday, December 31,

The holidays above are in accordance with the official holidays set forth in
LA. R.S. 1:55, Section E. Court will be closed on the above dates.

Old address but good info!

View the Marriage License Requirements Document as issued by the New Orleans Vital records Office.
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