Marriage License Application (Dari Version) – Vermont

The Marriage License Application is a form published by the Vermont Department of Health – Vital Records, the state office that issues certified and noncertified copies of vital records for births, deaths, marriages and divorces that took place in Vermont.

The Department of Health distributes the form as a PDF on healthvermont.gov. The form carries its own instructions and the address to which it is sent, and those printed instructions control how you complete it.

The Department's page on ordering Vermont vital records places marriage records among the documents it handles. It explains that marriages, civil unions, divorces and dissolutions may be ordered from its office, from the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration and from most Vermont Town or City Clerks. For orders by mail, it lists separate applications for marriages and divorces from 2024 to present and for marriages and divorces from 2023 and earlier, so check the form you open to see which period and record it covers.

The same page describes two kinds of copies. Certified copies are printed on State engraved security paper with a raised seal. Noncertified copies are printed on plain white paper with a "noncertified copy" watermark. The agency states the rules for each on its page.

Level of use is set by the form's own printed instructions, which you should read first. The Vermont Department of Health places this form among its vital records materials, so it is aimed at people who need to deal with a Vermont marriage record through the Department's Vital Records office.

Two points from the Department's page on ordering vital records help you decide whether this is the right route:

• If you are in Vermont, the page says the fastest and cheapest way to get a copy of a vital record is to order it directly from your Town or City Clerk, who can issue noncertified and certified copies of marriage and civil union certificates on file in their office.
• If you are out of Vermont or not in a rush, the page says certified copies can be ordered online and paid for by credit card.

The page limits who may apply for certified copies of birth and death certificates to family members, legal guardians, certain court-appointed parties or their legal representatives. It sets that limit for birth and death records only, not for marriage records.

The Vermont Department of Health describes several ways to obtain Vermont marriage records, and the way you submit this form depends on its printed instructions.

• By mail: the Department's page says to follow the instructions on the application you choose and mail it to the address stated on that application. Use that address and no other.
• Town or City Clerk: if you are in Vermont, you can instead ask your Town or City Clerk for a marriage or civil union certificate on file in their office.
• Online: certified copies can be ordered online and paid for by credit card; a separate online processing fee applies.
• By email (noncertified copies): for marriage certificates from 2024 to present, the Department asks you to email its Vital Records office with the type of event, the name(s) of the individual(s) named on the certificate and the date of the event. Noncertified copies are available at no charge.

Certified copies carry a fee; ask the Department for the current amount through the contact details on its website. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.