How to get a certified copy of a marriage certificate in New Jersey
Additional copies ordered together are $2 each. CDC requires valid identification, payment and proof of relationship for the certified-copy route. Its eligibility list includes the subject, specified relatives, legal representatives and certain official or court-authorized requests. Other applicants receive a certification with a restricted-use statement. CDC source for New Jersey.
The CDC marriage entry for New Jersey names Office of Vital Statistics & Registry NJ Department of Health P.O. Box 370 Trenton, NJ 08625-0370 Please visit the New Jersey Vital Statistics website for the most up to date information regarding ordering options and information or call toll-free at 1-866-649-8726. as its contact. It lists $25.00 for initial copy. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $2.00 each. for the stated service.
| Field | CDC Where to Write | Current official evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Office | Office of Vital Statistics & Registry NJ Department of Health P.O. Box 370 Trenton, NJ 08625-0370 Please visit the New Jersey Vital Statistics website for the most up to date information regarding ordering options and information or call toll-free at 1-866-649-8726. | Office of Vital Statistics and Registry Official source (checked 2026-11-11) |
| Service charge | $25.00 for initial copy. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $2.00 each. | $25 initial state search and one copy or no-record statement. Local fees vary Official source (checked 2026-11-11) |
| Years held or service coverage | The State Office of Vital Statistics and Registry maintains records from 1918 to present. For older records, please see information for the State Archives. | State marriage records from 1951. Archives holds marriages through 1950 Official source (checked 2026-11-11) |
| Ordering route | CDC entry | Follow the state or local office ordering route and its payment instructions Official source (checked 2026-11-11) |
CDC lists The State Office of Vital Statistics and Registry maintains records from 1918 to present. For older records, please see information for the State Archives. (reviewed June 27, 2018). The official state source gives State marriage records from 1951. Archives holds marriages through 1950 (checked 2026-11-11).
Getting a marriage license in New Jersey
For New Jersey, the official issuing office information is Local Registrar (Official source (checked 2026-11-11)).
For New Jersey, the official fee information is $28 application fee (Official source (checked 2026-11-11)).
For New Jersey, the official waiting period information is 72 hours from application. The page provides a remarriage exception (Official source (checked 2026-11-11)).
For New Jersey, the official application period information is Application lasts six months, with possible prior extension. Issued-license validity was not collected (Official source (checked 2026-11-11)).
Ask the New Jersey official office about the license validity, which remain unverified on this page.
Searching New Jersey marriage records
Contact the New Jersey official records office for marriage-record search availability, unverified on this page as of 2026-11-11.
Common-law marriage and community property
| Source scope | State entry |
|---|---|
| SSA common-law digest | Recognized before 12/01/1939. Evidence of cohabitation of the parties after the agreement to be husband and wife is not required. SSA GN 00305.075. Digest effective 2023-05-30, checked 2026-11-11 |
| IRS community-property list | Outside the listed community-property states IRS 555, checked 2026-11-11 |
SSA lists the following New Jersey common-law position in its digest effective 2023-05-30. Recognized before 12/01/1939. Evidence of cohabitation of the parties after the agreement to be husband and wife is not required. The entry is used in Social Security benefit decisions. For married taxpayers domiciled in New Jersey, the separate property classification comes from IRS Publication 555.
The numbers
| Measure | State | US or reporting-area benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| Marriage rate | 5.0 | 6.3 |
| Divorce rate | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| ACS median first-marriage age, men | 31.6 | 30.8 |
| ACS median first-marriage age, women | 29.8 | 28.8 |
CDC reports a 2024 marriage rate of 5.0 per 1,000 residents for New Jersey, below the national 6.3. Marriages performed within New Jersey, including visitors' marriages, supply the numerator.
For divorces occurring in 2024, New Jersey has a rate of 2.3 per 1,000 residents, equal to the reporting-area benchmark of 2.3.
For first marriages in New Jersey, ACS 2024 puts the male median at 31.6 and the female median at 29.8, with respective margins of error of 0.4 and 0.3 years. Within New Jersey, the gap between these medians is 1.8 years.
New Jersey's male first-marriage median is above the nationwide 30.8, and its female median is above the US 28.8. Ordered oldest first, New Jersey ranks 11th for men and tenth for women among states and DC.
New Jersey and Las Vegas
Las Vegas issued 703 licenses to couples listing a New Jersey mailing address in 2025. That placed New Jersey 17th among state and DC origins. Visit the Las Vegas address series and its source notes for the annual history.
The highest annual Las Vegas mailing-address total for New Jersey was 1,372 in 2007. In the 2021 to 2025 window, New Jersey contributed 4,078 licenses, or 1.09% of the countywide statistical-file total. The latest New Jersey count of 703 compares with 797 in 2024 and 690 in 2019.
New Jersey Las Vegas licenses fell 11.79% against 2024. The New Jersey total is 1.88% above its 2019 level, with a 48.76% gap below its recorded maximum.
The annual New Jersey Las Vegas record includes 1,372 licenses in 2007, 1,117 licenses in 2008, 1,082 licenses in 2009, 933 licenses in 2010, 844 licenses in 2011, 756 licenses in 2012, 748 licenses in 2013, 677 licenses in 2014. County sources and coverage.
The annual New Jersey Las Vegas record includes 690 licenses in 2015, 745 licenses in 2016, 682 licenses in 2017, 679 licenses in 2018, 690 licenses in 2019, 548 licenses in 2020, 936 licenses in 2021, 885 licenses in 2022 (through 22 December). County sources and coverage.
The annual New Jersey Las Vegas record includes 757 licenses in 2023, 797 licenses in 2024, 703 licenses in 2025. County sources and coverage.
A couple traveling from New Jersey with a Clark County license can follow the Nevada certificate instructions, including the officiant's 10-calendar-day filing deadline and the $20 certified-copy fee. That guide links online, postal and counter purchase instructions.