A Marriage License allows a couple to marry in the state but it is not proof of marriage. If you need proof of marriage, you can order a online from our website.Marriage license records may be searched using our online search feature.You may also write to us for a marriage record search:Clark County ClerkBox 551604Las Vegas, NV The fee is $.50 for a plain copy or $6.50 for a certified copy. In your written request, provide the bride and groom's name along with the year the license was obtained. If you are not sure of the year, enclose $.50 per name for each name to be searched. Also enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope so we may mail your copy to you.Social Security Numbers are redacted from all marriage license copies. Only the bride and/or groom can request a marriage license copy with a Social Security Number visible.
Nevada State Marriage License Records
If you need a marriage license copy with your Social Security Number, please complete this. We can only provide marriage license copies with Social Security Numbers by mail. These specific documents cannot be ordered online.Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 19 requires that we charge fees for copies and a records search. A number of requests for copies are received through the mail, and frequently customers will pay more than what is required by statute. Overpayments of $10 or less will not be refunded by this office except upon a specific request by the customer.
Nevada State Marriage License
Requests for a refund of an overpayment must be submitted in writing within 60 days of the receipt and include the receipt number.Mailing Address for Request of Return of OverpaymentClark County Clerk's OfficeBox 551604Las Vegas, NV DISCLAIMER:The Clark County Clerk and the County of Clark declare that information contained and provided through the Marriage License Search Inquiry does not constitute the official record of the County Clerk. Any user of said information is advised that it is provided AS IS. You are advised that any user of this information does so with full knowledge that this data is subject to error and/or omission, and acknowledges and agrees that neither the County Clerk nor County of Clark, its contractors, subcontractors or agents, are responsible nor liable whatsoever for the accuracy or validity of any information so provided.
State Of Nevada Marriage Licenses
This database contains information on individuals who were married in select areas of Nevada between 1860 and 1987. Note that not all counties are included in this index and within the counties that are included not all years within the specified year range may be covered. Information that may be found in this database for each individual includes their name, spouse's name, spouse's gender, marriage date and location, county and state in which the marriage was recorded, residence of bride and groom, and source information. Marriage records are great sources for genealogists because they document an individual in a particular place and time as well as provide details about that person's marriage.It is important that you use the information found in this database to locate your ancestor in the original records that this index references. Usually more information is available in the records themselves than is found in an index. For example, marriage records sometimes provide the birth dates and places of the bride and groom, their parents' names, their addresses, and witnesses' names, in addition to the information found in this index.Most of these marriages were extracted from county courthouse records.
However, some Nevada marriages came from the following four churches:St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Nye County, NevadaSt. Paul's Episcopal Church, Storey County, NevadaSt. John's Episcopal Church, Storey County, NevadaChrist Episcopal Church, Lincoln County, Nevada.You can find copies of many of the county marriage records in the county courthouses where they were recorded, or in state or local archives. Marriages extracted from the Episcopal Church records are available through the Nevada Historical Society, 1650 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89503, 702-688-1190. The Episcopal Diocese of Nevada donated these records to the Nevada Historical Society.