Get a Marriage License in Covington County, MS
Fees for this service are set by state statute. Here's what to expect in Covington County.
The price is three statutory parts: $35.00 under § 25-7-13(2)(i), of which $14 goes to the Victims of Domestic Violence Fund (inside the $35.00, not added); $1.00for the marriage record the circuit clerk sends to the State Board of Health, collected “in addition to the fee for the license” (§ 41-57-48(5)); and $1.00records-management (“archive”) fee under § 25-60-5 where the county's board has adopted it. Covington County is one of the eight counties the Mississippi Chancery Clerks' Association lists as not collecting the archive fee, so the parts add up to $36.00.
Where this came from
- Hours: office page, courts page and contact page list no hours (pages/covington-circuit.html, pages/covington-courts.html, pages/covington-contact.html)
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