We now live in Arkansas but are born and raised in Texas so thats where we are having our wedding. Can we apply for a license in Arkansas and have the minister sign it in Texas or do we just get in Texas? Its really confusing me and I have read and read to try to figure it out. There is a waiting period in Texas but not in Arkansas and we thought it would be easier to get it in Arkansas and just take it to Texas with us. Please help if you know what we should do.
2007-02-13 18:07:49 · 6 answers · asked by Mom of Maddox 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You will need to get the license in the jurisdiction where the wedding will take place. That means it has to be done in Texas, and it needs to be done in the specific county where the wedding will take place.
Read more at:
http://marriage.about.com/cs/marriagelicenses/p/texas.htm
If you want to get your license in Arkansas because it would be more convenient, you could get married by a justice of the peace, minister, or county clerk in Arkansas, and then have an actual ceremony in Texas. Your real wedding that married you would be the one in Arkansas, but the TX one would be the fancier one.
2007-02-14 10:11:25 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Pastafarian 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know much about legality, but it seems like things would be much easier to be handled in Arkansas - your state of residence. You can apply for the license in Arkansas and legally be married, but yet have the formal ceremony in Texas. I think it would make things easier when it comes to changing your surname through the social security office in Arkansas, having easy access to a courthouse if you ever need a copy, and god forbid anything should ever happen in the future the divorce could be easily handled in your home state under Arkansas law.
The only thing you'd be missing is actually signing it at your wedding. (I know some couples like to do that). You can fake the signing if you want pictures of it. My sister did that. They had the document on a table and each had a pen in one hand and were holding hands with the other, in their pictures. Though they were already legally married. It was within the same state though. I'm no expert.
Either way it turns out, I hope you have a beautiful wedding, and good luck!
2007-02-13 18:16:14 · answer #2 · answered by Karma 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I grew up in Oklahoma and somewhat in Texas. Texas has so plenty extra to furnish while it is composed of great cities and jobs. i've got been with the aid of Tennessee, Ky and the Carolina's and there is not any longer a damned element there worth residing for. Arkansas is quite, yet lower back, the state would not have a good purchase to furnish. i think of Texas is maximum suitable. additionally Texas would not have a state earnings tax. yet why shrink your self to in basic terms those states? Washington is truly quite, and additionally does no longer have a state earnings tax and lots of jobs. (additionally, it would not rain almost as much as maximum persons seem to think of, it actual rains extra in great apple.) California is truly severe high quality, purely high priced. Phoenix is exciting, no longer almost as high priced as California besides the indisputable fact that it is likewise very heat.
2016-09-29 02:28:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the local justice of the peace and ask....
my guess is you have to get license in county.. not state
where the wedding takes place..
2007-02-13 18:13:00 · answer #4 · answered by pokerfaces55 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.I'm sorry. You'll have to get the license in Texas.
They can't honor one from another state.
That's true with all states.
2007-02-13 18:13:24 · answer #5 · answered by Molly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
uhh texas
thats where you are getting at
2007-02-13 18:15:56 · answer #6 · answered by missnuarlens 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋