HOW TO REQUEST CERTIFIED COPIES OF MARRIAGE, BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES BY MAIL

 

Please call to verify that the record is on file before making request

Click on one of the following certificate options:

 

Birth Certificates            Death Certificates            Marriage Certificates

 

If you want to pick up the copies at the Town Clerk's Office, please call first and they will be ready when you arrive.

 

 

 

 

HOW TO FILE MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

 

Both persons filing for a marriage certificate must be appear in person to fill out paperwork

Arrive at the Town Clerk’s Office 8:00am to 3:30pm Monday through Friday to file your intentions.

Bring a photo I.D. with you and $40.00 to cover filing fee.

The license will be issued 3 days after Intentions are filed.

The marriage must take place anywhere in Massachusetts during the sixty (60) days following the date of filing Intentions.

Both persons must be eighteen (18) years of age. 

If under eighteen (18) a court order is required.  The couple should bring their birth certificates when applying for a license.

After the marriage the clergyman or Justice of the Peace will file the original marriage license in the place where it was issued.

A pre-marital blood test is not required effective January 28, 2005.