# Marriage officiant: Ceremony Law And Fees

> The Ceremony Law And Fees carries 4 published figures read from 8 sources' own pages, from 22 to 46.50 GBP, read 17 October 2026.

Wedding Cost Checker · https://weddingcostchecker.com/datasets/ceremony-law-and-fees/ · computed 2026-10-19

**Range of the published figures:** 22 to 46.5 GBP (range 22 to 46.5 GBP; 4 published figures; 8 of 17 sources read publish one).

8 of the 17 named sources read in full publish a figure; 9 publish none, read 17 October 2026.

## By jurisdiction

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| jurisdiction Northern Ireland | 22 GBP | 22 to 22 GBP | 1 |
| jurisdiction Los Angeles County, California | 91 USD | 91 to 91 USD | 1 |
| jurisdiction Milton Keynes | 46.5 GBP | 46.5 to 46.5 GBP | 1 |
| jurisdiction Hackney | 46.5 GBP | 46.5 to 46.5 GBP | 1 |
| jurisdiction Sonoma County, California | 82 USD | 82 to 82 USD | 1 |
| jurisdiction New York City | 35 USD | 35 to 35 USD | 1 |
| jurisdiction Clark County, Nevada | 102 USD | 102 to 102 USD | 1 |
| jurisdiction Tower Hamlets | 46.5 GBP | 46.5 to 46.5 GBP | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Welcome to Clark County, NV](https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/elected_officials/county_clerk/fees) | 102 USD | Clark County, Nevada | 2026-10-17 |
| [Fees](https://www.lavote.gov/home/county-clerk/marriage-licenses-ceremonies/fees/fees) | 91 USD | Los Angeles County, California | 2026-10-12 |
| [County Clerk Fee Schedule](https://sonomacounty.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/clerk-recorder-assessor/clerk-recorder/clerk-services/clerk-fee-schedule) | 82 USD | Sonoma County, California | 2026-10-17 |
| [Milton Keynes registration service fees](https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/milton-keynes-registration-service-fees) | 46.5 GBP | Milton Keynes | 2026-10-17 |
| [Registrars' fees](https://hackney.gov.uk/registrars-fees/) | 46.5 GBP | Hackney | 2026-10-17 |
| [Register office fees](https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/advice_and_benefits/Births-deaths-and-marriages/Register_office_fees.aspx) | 46.5 GBP | Tower Hamlets | 2026-10-17 |
| [Office of the City Clerk](https://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/content/marriage-license) | 35 USD | New York City | 2026-10-17 |
| [How and when to give notice for marriage](https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/how-and-when-give-notice-marriage) | 22 GBP | Northern Ireland | 2026-10-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (8)

- [Welcome to Clark County, NV](https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/elected_officials/county_clerk/fees), read 2026-10-17: "To apply for and obtain a marriage license and associated documents $102.00"
- [Fees](https://www.lavote.gov/home/county-clerk/marriage-licenses-ceremonies/fees/fees), read 2026-10-12: "Public Marriage License $91"
- [County Clerk Fee Schedule](https://sonomacounty.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/clerk-recorder-assessor/clerk-recorder/clerk-services/clerk-fee-schedule), read 2026-10-17: "Public marriage license [26840 Government Code/Ordinance 5833] $82.00"
- [Milton Keynes registration service fees](https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/milton-keynes-registration-service-fees), read 2026-10-17: "Notice to enter a marriage or civil partnership £46.50 per person"
- [Registrars' fees](https://hackney.gov.uk/registrars-fees/), read 2026-10-17: "Weekday notice (£93 booking fee payable at time of booking, offset against notice fees) £46.50 each"
- [Register office fees](https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/advice_and_benefits/Births-deaths-and-marriages/Register_office_fees.aspx), read 2026-10-17: "£46.50"
- [Office of the City Clerk](https://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/content/marriage-license), read 2026-10-17: "The fee for a Marriage License is $35 by credit card or money order payable to the City Clerk."
- [How and when to give notice for marriage](https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/how-and-when-give-notice-marriage), read 2026-10-12: "The cost is £22.00 per notice form."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Register office fees and charges](https://haringey.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-citizenship/haringey-register-office-fees/register-office-fees-charges), read 2026-10-17: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Welcome to Clark County, NV](https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/elected_officials/county_clerk/marriage-license-requirements), read 2026-10-10: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales: Check if you ca](https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales: Check if you ca](https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/costs), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales: Check if you ca](https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/what-you-need-to-do), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Marriage Certificates](https://www.health.ny.gov/vital_records/marriage.htm), read 2026-10-10: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Registrars fees](https://www.leeds.gov.uk/births-deaths-and-marriages/registrars-fees), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Marriage Act 1949](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1949/76/contents), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Guidance on marriage procedures in Northern Ireland](https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/guidance-marriage-procedures-northern-ireland), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 8 of the 17 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 9 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 99 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per jurisdiction: who may solemnise (registrar, authorised person, ordained or online-ordained minister, independent celebrant and whether that ceremony is legally binding), the notice period and residency rule, the documents required, and every statutory fee - notice, licence, ceremony at the register office, ceremony at approved premises, certificate copy - quoted verbatim with its effective date; the comparison across jurisdictions (cheapest and dearest legal ceremony, longest notice period, where a celebrant ceremony is not a marriage) is the figure, and changed-since is the news each time a fee order is laid

## Sources

- [Registrars' fees](https://hackney.gov.uk/registrars-fees/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Register office fees and charges](https://haringey.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-citizenship/haringey-register-office-fees/register-office-fees-charges) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [County Clerk Fee Schedule](https://sonomacounty.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/clerk-recorder-assessor/clerk-recorder/clerk-services/clerk-fee-schedule) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Office of the City Clerk](https://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/content/marriage-license) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Welcome to Clark County, NV](https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/elected_officials/county_clerk/fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Welcome to Clark County, NV](https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/elected_officials/county_clerk/marriage-license-requirements) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [cookcountyclerkil.gov](https://www.cookcountyclerkil.gov/vital-records/marriage-and-civil-unions) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales: Check if you ca](https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales: Check if you ca](https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/costs) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales: Check if you ca](https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/what-you-need-to-do) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Marriage Certificates](https://www.health.ny.gov/vital_records/marriage.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Fees](https://www.lavote.gov/home/county-clerk/marriage-licenses-ceremonies/fees/fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Registrars fees](https://www.leeds.gov.uk/births-deaths-and-marriages/registrars-fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Marriage Act 1949](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1949/76/contents) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Milton Keynes registration service fees](https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/milton-keynes-registration-service-fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Guidance on marriage procedures in Northern Ireland](https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/guidance-marriage-procedures-northern-ireland) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [How and when to give notice for marriage](https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/how-and-when-give-notice-marriage) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Register office fees](https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/advice_and_benefits/Births-deaths-and-marriages/Register_office_fees.aspx) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

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- The Ceremony Law And Fees carries 4 published figures read from 8 sources' own pages, from 22 to 46.50 GBP, read 17 October 2026.
- 8 of the 17 named sources read in full publish a figure; 9 publish none, read 17 October 2026.
- Ceremony Law And Fees, jurisdiction Northern Ireland: median 22 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Ceremony Law And Fees, jurisdiction Los Angeles County, California: median 91 USD across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Ceremony Law And Fees, jurisdiction Milton Keynes: median 46.50 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Ceremony Law And Fees, jurisdiction Hackney: median 46.50 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Ceremony Law And Fees, jurisdiction Sonoma County, California: median 82 USD across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Ceremony Law And Fees, jurisdiction New York City: median 35 USD across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Ceremony Law And Fees, jurisdiction Clark County, Nevada: median 102 USD across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Ceremony Law And Fees, jurisdiction Tower Hamlets: median 46.50 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.

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