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Where can a marriage license from Maricopa County be used?

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Direct answer

In Maricopa County, valid statewide. Arizona law lets a couple obtain a license from the clerk of the superior court in any county of the state, and the license is sufficient authority for any authorised person to solemnize the marriage anywhere in Arizona. The license is not restricted to Maricopa County. This is a statutory rule, not a Maricopa County policy — the Clerk's own pages do not restate it. Validity outside Arizona is governed by the law of the place where the ceremony happens, not by Arizona.

Published rule and conditions

Where the license is valid
Valid statewide. Arizona law lets a couple obtain a license from the clerk of the superior court in any county of the state, and the license is sufficient authority for any authorised person to solemnize the marriage anywhere in Arizona. The license is not restricted to Maricopa County.

This is a statutory rule, not a Maricopa County policy — the Clerk's own pages do not restate it. Validity outside Arizona is governed by the law of the place where the ceremony happens, not by Arizona.

Official requirement

Persons shall not be joined in marriage in this state until a license has been obtained for that purpose from the clerk of the superior court in any county of this state.

Issuing office

Clerk of the Superior Court in Maricopa County

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Official sources for this answer

  • A.R.S. 25-111 — Requirement of license and solemnization; covenant marriagesArizona State Legislature - checked July 26, 2026

    B. A marriage contracted within this state is not valid unless all of the following occur: 1. A license is issued as provided in this title. 2. The marriage is solemnized by a person authorized by law to solemnize marriages or by a person purporting to act in such capacity and believed in good faith by at least one of the parties to be so authorized. 3. The marriage is solemnized before the expiration of the marriage license.

  • A.R.S. 25-121 — Marriage license; application; affidavitArizona State Legislature - checked July 26, 2026

    A. Persons shall not be joined in marriage in this state until a license has been obtained for that purpose from the clerk of the superior court in any county of this state. B. ... The applicants shall provide their social security numbers to the clerk separately from the affidavit. The affidavit shall be filed by the clerk who shall then issue to the applicants a license directed to the persons authorized by law to solemnize marriage and shall collect the fee prescribed by section 12-284. The license is sufficient authority for any authorized person to solemnize the marriage. The marriage license shall state that the marriage license expires one year from the date of issuance of the license.

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