{ "name": "Wedding Cost Checker Ceremony Legal Requirements", "title": "Ceremony Legal Requirements", "url": "https://weddingcostchecker.com/datasets/ceremony-legal-requirements/", "csv": "https://weddingcostchecker.com/datasets/ceremony-legal-requirements.csv", "markdown": "https://weddingcostchecker.com/datasets/ceremony-legal-requirements/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-19", "license": "https://weddingcostchecker.com/terms", "headline": "The Ceremony Legal Requirements carries 4 published figures read from 10 sources' own pages, from 22 to 46.50 GBP, read 12 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Ceremony Legal Requirements carries 4 published figures read from 10 sources' own pages, from 22 to 46.50 GBP, read 12 October 2026.", "10 of the 20 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 12 October 2026.", "Ceremony Legal Requirements, jurisdiction Northern Ireland: median 22 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Ceremony Legal Requirements, jurisdiction New York State: median 40 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Ceremony Legal Requirements, jurisdiction New York City: median 35 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Ceremony Legal Requirements, jurisdiction Los Angeles County, California: median 91 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Ceremony Legal Requirements, jurisdiction Ontario: median 75 CAD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Ceremony Legal Requirements, jurisdiction British Columbia: median 100 CAD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Ceremony Legal Requirements, jurisdiction England and Wales: median 46.50 GBP across 3 sources, read 12 October 2026.", "Ceremony Legal Requirements, jurisdiction Sonoma County, California: median 82 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026." ], "citation": "\"Wedding Cost Checker Ceremony Legal Requirements\", updated 2026-10-19, https://weddingcostchecker.com/datasets/ceremony-legal-requirements/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "GBP", "n": 4, "median": 42.75, "min": 22, "max": 46.5, "p25": 26.25, "p75": 46.5, "mean": 38.5, "units": { "CAD": 2, "GBP": 4, "USD": 4 }, "published_sources": 10, "named_sources": 21, "read_sources": 20, "not_published": 10, "published_share": 0.5 }, "by_axis": { "jurisdiction": { "Northern Ireland": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 22, "min": 22, "max": 22, "p25": 22, "p75": 22, "mean": 22 } }, "New York State": { "USD": { "n": 1, "median": 40, "min": 40, "max": 40, "p25": 40, "p75": 40, "mean": 40 } }, "New York City": { "USD": { "n": 1, "median": 35, "min": 35, "max": 35, "p25": 35, "p75": 35, "mean": 35 } }, "Los Angeles County, California": { "USD": { "n": 1, "median": 91, "min": 91, "max": 91, "p25": 91, "p75": 91, "mean": 91 } }, "Ontario": { "CAD": { "n": 1, "median": 75, "min": 75, "max": 75, "p25": 75, "p75": 75, "mean": 75 } }, "British Columbia": { "CAD": { "n": 1, "median": 100, "min": 100, "max": 100, "p25": 100, "p75": 100, "mean": 100 } }, "England and Wales": { "GBP": { "n": 3, "median": 46.5, "min": 39, "max": 46.5, "p25": 39, "p75": 46.5, "mean": 44 } }, "Sonoma County, California": { "USD": { "n": 1, "median": 82, "min": 82, "max": 82, "p25": 82, "p75": 82, "mean": 82 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "nidirect how and when to give notice (Northern Ireland)", "url": "https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/how-and-when-give-notice-marriage", "figure": "£22.00 ", "value": 22, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "Northern Ireland" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "The cost is £22.00 per notice form.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b033359a750fef898aafedc3fca416ae26b5616849ba6f5fa6c1c894c8f215be" }, { "source": "New York State Department of Health, getting married", "url": "https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/4210/", "figure": "$40.", "value": 40, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "New York State" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "If the marriage license is issued by a town or city clerk in New York State outside of New York City, it costs $40.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "bec575cd501131b9b3ecb766d818794918247d1e8035b935bfb3f821903bc845" }, { "source": "New York City Office of the City Clerk, marriage FAQ", "url": "https://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/content/marriage-frequently-asked-questions", "figure": "$35 ", "value": 35, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "New York City" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "The fee for a Marriage License is $35 by credit card or money order payable to the City Clerk.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "8cb0aafd3b37c683c0d33d0eaaaf46ea767d4b04300719a3c76df1306829e011" }, { "source": "Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder marriage fees", "url": "https://www.lavote.gov/home/county-clerk/marriage-licenses-ceremonies/fees/fees", "figure": "$91", "value": 91, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "Los Angeles County, California" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "Public Marriage License $91", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "deab6ff855bbc0aa4c7cfe8bdc644a595a0be921c43aab0c64e82275b85ad5cb" }, { "source": "Ontario: before getting married", "url": "https://www.ontario.ca/page/getting-married", "figure": "$75 ", "value": 75, "unit": "CAD", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "Ontario" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "You may be eligible to have the $75 provincial marriage licence fee waived if both of you:", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "4692443160c65e18d43a86d2a6737e676be0a98461d24dc421833b6b66200d2a" }, { "source": "Province of British Columbia marriage licences", "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/marriage/marriage-licences", "figure": "$100 ", "value": 100, "unit": "CAD", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "British Columbia" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "A marriage licence costs $100 and is nonrefundable.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "ba2def3240c685761810e04e4d28c9f1cbded294d13c8636781f1ce257f5f889" }, { "source": "Leeds City Council giving notice", "url": "https://www.leeds.gov.uk/births-deaths-and-marriages/ceremonies/giving-your-notice-of-marriage-or-civil-partnership", "figure": "£46.50 ", "value": 46.5, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "England and Wales" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "A notice costs £46.50 per person.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b09b21c2cc12502cca26497e67c6770064869f4333ffe213116d6ff896958e45" }, { "source": "Islington Council giving notice", "url": "https://www.islington.gov.uk/birth-death-marriage-and-citizenship/marriage-and-civil-partnerships/giving-notice", "figure": "£46.50", "value": 46.5, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "England and Wales" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "Weekdays (Monday to Friday): £46.50", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "d921ee461f535d94660aed89eeeec53c69cc3489e535e85e8669fe1cc8bb6006" }, { "source": "Diocese of Coventry parochial fees", "url": "https://www.coventry.anglican.org/your-church-role/info-for-clergy/parochial-fees/", "figure": "£39 ", "value": 39, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "England and Wales" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "For a wedding the main statutory fees in 2026 are: £39 for the publication of the banns of marriage", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b9ef551904e6dd41ca3fa51b6675ca38a0edcec428bb86063e51a3b839389506" }, { "source": "Sonoma County Clerk fee schedule", "url": "https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/clerk-recorder-assessor-registrar-of-voters/clerk-recorder/clerk-services/clerk-fee-schedule", "figure": "$82.00", "value": 82, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "Sonoma County, California" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "Public marriage license [26840 Government Code/Ordinance 5833] $82.00", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "a61854b4f6973911685f6cb5dde6aad4f19eb7d773547d0fe0177afd8d67909f" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "GOV.UK give notice of marriage (England and Wales)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/give-notice", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "GOV.UK marriages and civil partnerships: check if you can marry", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 2005", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3168/contents/made", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2022", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/295/body/made", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2011", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2661/introduction/made", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "nidirect marriage and registration", "url": "https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/births-deaths-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/marriage-and-registration", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "mygov.scot marriage and civil partnerships in Scotland", "url": "https://www.mygov.scot/getting-married", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "St Helens Borough Council outdoor ceremonies", "url": "https://sthelens.gov.uk/article/5931/Outdoor-ceremonies", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Church of England, the cost of church weddings", "url": "https://www.churchofengland.org/life-events/your-church-wedding/just-engaged/cost-church-weddings", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Australian Attorney-General's Department, Notice of Intended Marriage", "url": "https://www.ag.gov.au/families-and-marriage/publications/notice-intended-marriage", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/give-notice", "label": "GOV.UK give notice of marriage (England and Wales)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships", "label": "GOV.UK marriages and civil partnerships: check if you can marry", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3168/contents/made", "label": "The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 2005", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/295/body/made", "label": "The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2022", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2661/introduction/made", "label": "The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2011", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/how-and-when-give-notice-marriage", "label": "nidirect how and when to give notice (Northern Ireland)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/births-deaths-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/marriage-and-registration", "label": "nidirect marriage and registration", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.mygov.scot/getting-married", "label": "mygov.scot marriage and civil partnerships in Scotland", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/4210/", "label": "New York State Department of Health, getting married", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/content/marriage-frequently-asked-questions", "label": "New York City Office of the City Clerk, marriage FAQ", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.lavote.gov/home/county-clerk/marriage-licenses-ceremonies/fees/fees", "label": "Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder marriage fees", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ontario.ca/page/getting-married", "label": "Ontario: before getting married", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/marriage/marriage-licences", "label": "Province of British Columbia marriage licences", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.leeds.gov.uk/births-deaths-and-marriages/ceremonies/giving-your-notice-of-marriage-or-civil-partnership", "label": "Leeds City Council giving notice", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.islington.gov.uk/birth-death-marriage-and-citizenship/marriage-and-civil-partnerships/giving-notice", "label": "Islington Council giving notice", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/business-and-licences/licences-permits/alcohol-entertainment-venue/marriage-civil-partnership/apply", "label": "Royal Greenwich apply to hold marriages at your venue", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://sthelens.gov.uk/article/5931/Outdoor-ceremonies", "label": "St Helens Borough Council outdoor ceremonies", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.coventry.anglican.org/your-church-role/info-for-clergy/parochial-fees/", "label": "Diocese of Coventry parochial fees", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/clerk-recorder-assessor-registrar-of-voters/clerk-recorder/clerk-services/clerk-fee-schedule", "label": "Sonoma County Clerk fee schedule", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.churchofengland.org/life-events/your-church-wedding/just-engaged/cost-church-weddings", "label": "Church of England, the cost of church weddings", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ag.gov.au/families-and-marriage/publications/notice-intended-marriage", "label": "Australian Attorney-General's Department, Notice of Intended Marriage", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "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). 10 of the 20 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 10 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; 80 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 per requirement - who may solemnise, where a ceremony may legally happen, the notice period, the display period, the validity window, and every fee (notice, licence, registrar, approved-premises application) - each quoted verbatim from the authority with its effective date. The derivation is the CROSS-JURISDICTION comparison nobody publishes: the cheapest and dearest place to marry legally among the places these keywords name, the spread between a $35 New York City licence and a £46.50-per-person England and Wales notice plus £62 registrar, and the single fact that decides an outdoor or backyard wedding - England and Wales allow it only in an approved outdoor area of approved premises, Scotland allows it almost anywhere because the celebrant carries the authority, and most US states follow Scotland's logic. Changed-since on every fee year", "embed": "

22 to 46.50 GBP

4 published figures, Ceremony Legal Requirements, across 10 sources, read 12 October 2026

Source: Wedding Cost Checker Ceremony Legal Requirements
" }