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How long is a marriage license valid in Hinds County?

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Direct answer

In Hinds County, nothing in Chapter 1 of Title 93 puts an outer limit on a Mississippi marriage license, so there is no expiry to express as a number of days. Section 93-1-13 requires only that a license "first have been duly issued" before the marriage is contracted or solemnized, and Section 93-1-15 makes the marriage valid where a license was duly issued and the ceremony was performed by a person authorised by Sections 93-1-17 and 93-1-19 — neither attaches a deadline, and no other section of the chapter does either. Because this record carries no expiry figure, the ceremony-date planner cannot draw an outer boundary for Hinds County. The Circuit Clerk publishes nothing on the point, so ask the office if a long gap is planned between issuance and the ceremony.

Published rule and conditions

Marriage license validity

This does not apply here.

No such requirement appears in the state statute that governs how a marriage is made here. The office itself publishes nothing either way.

Nothing in Chapter 1 of Title 93 puts an outer limit on a Mississippi marriage license, so there is no expiry to express as a number of days. Section 93-1-13 requires only that a license "first have been duly issued" before the marriage is contracted or solemnized, and Section 93-1-15 makes the marriage valid where a license was duly issued and the ceremony was performed by a person authorised by Sections 93-1-17 and 93-1-19 — neither attaches a deadline, and no other section of the chapter does either. Because this record carries no expiry figure, the ceremony-date planner cannot draw an outer boundary for Hinds County. The Circuit Clerk publishes nothing on the point, so ask the office if a long gap is planned between issuance and the ceremony.

Not applicable here

A marriage shall not be contracted or solemnized unless a license therefor shall first have been duly issued. No irregularity in the issuance of or omission in the license shall invalidate any marriage, nor shall this section be construed so as to invalidate any marriage that is good at common law.

Issuing office

Hinds County Circuit Clerk

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Official sources for this answer

  • Senate Bill 2826, 2023 Regular Session (as introduced) — reproduces Sections 93-1-1 through 93-1-25, Mississippi Code of 1972Mississippi Legislature - checked July 30, 2026

    93-1-11. (1) It shall be unlawful for any clerk to issue a marriage license between the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. When a clerk shall issue a license he shall certify on said license the time when it was issued. ... 93-1-13. A marriage shall not be contracted or solemnized unless a license therefor shall first have been duly issued. ... 93-1-15. (1) No marriage contracted after April 5, 1956, shall be valid unless the contracting parties shall have obtained a marriage license as otherwise required by law, and unless also the marriage, after such license shall have been duly issued therefor, shall have been performed by or before any person, religious society, institution, or organization authorized by Sections 93-1-17 and 93-1-19 to solemnize marriages.

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