OK.  This is not a wedding day tip, it is a day before the wedding day tip, but it is important.  Here’s why.  If you will bring your Marriage License with you to the rehearsal, and leave it with the wedding planner, then you will not be worried about remembering to bring it with you on your wedding day. 

This is advice that comes from years of experience.  Please remember that signing the marriage license is the legal portion of the wedding ceremony.  Marriage is a civil, religious, and legal occasion.  The marriage license must be signed and witnessed in order for the marriage to be legal.  On more than one occasion, a couple has forgotten to bring the license to the ceremony.  A few times they have had to send someone an hour away to get the license and bring it back to the venue.  This is uncomfortable for the couple and causes everyone to have to wait, the officiant, the photographer, the witnesses, and, causes an interruption in the reception.

By bringing the Marriage License early, your wedding Pastor can also sign his part before the ceremony begins.  I often fill in my portion of the license before the ceremony begins.  This saves a few moments after the ceremony when the couple, the best man and maid of honor, and the photographer all gather to sign the license.  It allows the photographer to begin taking photos right away.

So, save yourself some anxiety on your wedding day by bringing your Marriage License to your rehearsal.  You can thank me later, and you can sit back and enjoy the stress in the faces of your friends when they forget to bring theirs.  Just kidding.

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