Get a Marriage License in Hancock County, WV
Contact details confirmed by phone with the County Clerk. Here's what to expect at the County Clerk — fees, what to bring, and where to go.
West Virginia charges $20 less if both applicants present a premarital education course completion certificate, dated within one year of your application (WV Code § 48-2-701). There is no waiting period. A clerk may issue the license whenever the office is open (§ 48-2-102(b)); the section that once required a three-day wait, § 48-2-103, has been repealed. And you may apply in any West Virginia county, whatever your state or county of residence (§ 48-2-102(a)). Call (304) 564-3311 before you go.
WV Code § 59-1-10(c) sets the fee at $55.00 (and $35.00 with the certificate). Of the 21 county clerks whose own pages we have read giving a figure, 19 publish $57.00; Berkeley County's says $56.00 and Ohio County's says $62.00. A probable source of the $2 difference is WV Code § 5A-8-15(h), which has the clerk collect, on top of the § 59-1-10 fees, “an additional $2 fee for every document containing less than 20 pages filed for recording”; and § 59-1-10(c) lists “registering and recording the license” among the duties the license fee pays for. Nothing we have read applies § 5A-8-15(h) to a marriage license in so many words, so we do not treat it as settled — and Berkeley County's $56.00 is $1 below what it would predict. We publish what most counties ask for. Confirm with your clerk before you go.
The Hancock County Clerk's marriage license page says “Total Marriage License Fee (Cash Only) $57.00 or $37.00” and, a paragraph later, “If this certificate is presented at the time the couple makes their application the fee is reduced to $36.00 cash only.” It gives both $37.00 and $36.00 for the premarital rate. Read the county's page ↗ Call (304) 564-3311 to confirm what you will be charged.
Getting married somewhere else in West Virginia? See the West Virginia marriage license guide for statewide requirements and fees.