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Nova Scotia


MARRIAGE LICENCE
  • Fees: $128.85 (License fees are non-refundable)
  • Either may apply but must bring with you when applying to your license both copies
    • Proof of age Gov't ID: birth certificates or passports
    • Photo ID: drivers license (or age of majority card)
    • If under 19, bring written parental consent
    • Relevant immigrant status card, treaty status card, Canadian citizenship card etc.
  •  The Licence will expire 90 days (3-months) after issued
  • The Licence needs the following information
    •  Both parties must provide their parents' full names and birth places 
    •  Each partners SIN numbers,
  • No photocopies of documents is accepted
    • Originals or certified copies only
  • This license gets signed by the following at your wedding
    • Yourselves (the 2 people getting married)
    • Your officiant or religious ceremony leader (Minister, Priest, Imam, ,Rabbi etc.)
    • Your 2-witnesses and is then sent to the government by your Minister/ Priest/ Rabbi or officiant (within 48 hours) to confirm the wedding took place
  • Waiting Period: at least 5-days between application for your marriage license and issuance marriage license
  • Search License Issuer Locations Here


CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
  • Marriage Certificate Application Form pdf Here
  • Option1: Drop off in person: 300 Horseshoe Lake Drive
    Bayer’s Lake Business Park
    Halifax, Nova Scotia B3S 0B7 Canada
  • Option2: Snail-Mail Vital Statistics
    P.O. Box 157 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2M9 Canada
  • Option3: Online Application
  • Option4: Fax: (902) 450-7313
  • Fees
    • Short Form: $32.05 each
    • Certified Copy: $38.75 each
    • Long Form: $38.75 each
    • Courier Service $20.00


MARRY AFTER DIVORCE, DISSOLUTION OR DEATH
  • WHEN YOU APPLY for your license, bring with you
    • Your original Certificate of Marriage
    • Certified Death Certificate 
    • Proof of divorce or dissolution of union (court certified copies)
      • Absolute Decree 
      • judgement of dissolution from original court
      • Certificate of Divorce
        • If you are still uninformed contact the
          Central Divorce Registry of Canada
          P.O. Box 2730, Station D
          Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1W7
          Phone: 613-957-4519  
  • THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
    • The only way out of a marriage is divorce
    • Original or certified documents only (your papers will be returned to you)
    • If the original documents are in a language other than English, (English or French in Quebec) a certified translation is needed
    • Nova Scotia has no more specifications

WHO CAN MARRY US
  • Religious service: your registered religious representative of your choice or your congregation  
  • Civil service: Officiants who have been vetted by your province already
    • Judges of Family or Provincial Court
    • Justice of the Supreme Court
    • Justice of the Peace 

LINKS & CONTACT INFORMATION
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