The Office of the City Clerk has built in several safeguards in the application process to minimize error. At the time of your application for a marriage license you will be shown the information you have provided on screen. Any errors can be corrected at that time. After your marriage license is completed and handed to you, you are encouraged to proofread the license. Any errors are corrected for free within the immediate 24-hour period after issuance of the license. After such grace period, corrections may be done at a cost of $25. There is yet another opportunity to correct errors without charge: upon receipt of the marriage certificate if a mistake is alleged and (ii) such error is claimed (a) twenty-four hours after receipt of the marriage certificate for ceremonies performed in our offices or (b) two weeks after receipt for marriage certificates sent out via mail the marriage certificate will be corrected without charge. (In calculating the two-week period, five days will be allowed for mailing in the continental U.S., after which the two-week period starts to run; for overseas mail the two-week period starts to run after the date of receipt stamped on the envelope.)
After the foregoing period certain changes are permissible through an amendment.
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