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What is the marriage license age requirement in Wayne County?

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Direct answer

In Wayne County, both applicants must be 18 or older. When the county clerk asks, an applicant must produce a birth certificate or other proof of age in addition to the statement of age on the application. The Wayne County Clerk does not restate the age rule on its marriage license page; this is the statewide statutory rule.

Published rule and conditions

Marriage license age requirements
Both applicants must be 18 or older. When the county clerk asks, an applicant must produce a birth certificate or other proof of age in addition to the statement of age on the application.

The Wayne County Clerk does not restate the age rule on its marriage license page; this is the statewide statutory rule.

Official requirement

An individual who is 18 years of age or older may contract marriage.

Issuing office

Wayne County Clerk's Office, One-Stop Shop Vital Statistics Records Office

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Official sources for this answer

  • MCL 551.103 — Persons capable of contracting marriage; age requirement; feeMichigan Legislature - checked July 26, 2026

    An individual who is 18 years of age or older may contract marriage. A fee of $20.00 must be paid by the individual applying for the license. If both parties named in the application are nonresidents of the state, the individual applying for the license must pay an additional fee of $10.00. A charter county that has a population of over 1,500,000 may impose by ordinance a marriage license fee or nonresident marriage license fee, or both, different in amount than the fee prescribed by subsection (2). On the return of the license to the county clerk, containing the signatures of the witnesses to the marriage, who must be 18 years of age or older.

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