Special Date and Hours for August 18, 2018 Weddings Available from San Mateo County Clerk
Contact: Mark Church, Chief Elections
Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
Alternate: Jim Irizarry, Assistant Chief
Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
(Redwood City, CA) – In light of the uniqueness
of the date, the San Mateo County Clerk’s Office will be open on
Saturday, August 18th (8/18/18) to perform civil ceremonies for
couples wanting to marry on this auspicious day. From 9:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Clerk’s Office will perform a wedding
ceremony every half hour.
San Mateo County offers a 25-minute civil wedding ceremony which
offers unique amenities not normally found in a standard rented
location. Here, an Internet broadcast (webcast) service is
available, so that the ceremony can be seen and heard by
electronically invited loved ones viewing from anywhere in the
world. This additional $50.00 fee for the webcast includes
the DVD disc as a keepsake for the happy couple. Online
guests will receive an e-mail invitation with instructions for a
live viewing of the ceremony.
Ceremony reservations are required in advance. Wedding
ceremonies are usually performed by volunteer wedding
commissioners duly authorized by the County Clerk. Most of
the volunteers do it as a labor of love. Couples can make prior
arrangements with the County Clerk for the ceremony to be
performed by a person of their choice—a friend, family member, or
colleague— who must be deputized by the County Clerk. The
chapel is located in Redwood City’s County Center, on the first
floor of the 555 Building. The County chapel can
accommodate up to 25 people.
Hopeful couples are reminded that a wedding cannot be performed
without a marriage license. The license application may be
completed in the Clerk’s office or be submitted online (in-office
public terminals are available). The couple must appear in person
before the County Clerk and provide proof of identification. The
application process takes about 30 minutes. The license costs
$79, plus $15 for a certified copy of it. If the couple
wants to provide an Internet broadcast to family and friends,
there is an additional $50.00 fee for that service.
To schedule your special August 18, 2018 ceremony, please visit
the County Clerk’s website at www.smcacre.org/marriage-licenses-ceremonies.