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What is the marriage license age requirement in City of Boston?

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Direct answer

In City of Boston, both applicants must be 18 or older, and neither may currently be married to anyone else. Eighteen is an absolute floor in Massachusetts: a clerk or registrar may not accept a notice of intention from a person under 18.

Published rule and conditions

Marriage license age requirements
Both applicants must be 18 or older, and neither may currently be married to anyone else.

Eighteen is an absolute floor in Massachusetts: a clerk or registrar may not accept a notice of intention from a person under 18.

Official requirement

Any couple can get married as long as each person is 18 or older, and currently not married.

Issuing office

City of Boston Registry Division (Registry: Birth, Death, and Marriage)

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Official sources for this answer

  • How to Get Married in BostonCity of Boston Registry Division - checked July 26, 2026

    To apply for a marriage license couples must apply together, make an appointment, and come to City Hall in person. A marriage license is only good to use between 3 and 60 days in Massachusetts from the date you applied. You also can't use the marriage license outside of Massachusetts. The Registry will issue your marriage license immediately. However, you cannot use it to get married for 3 days after your appointment. A $50 application fee. We take cash, a debit or credit card, or a money order made payable to the "City of Boston".

  • Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 207, Section 24: Notice of intention of marriage of person under the age of 18 prohibitedThe General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - checked July 26, 2026

    The clerk or registrar shall not receive a notice of the intention of marriage of a person under the age of 18.

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