How To Get A Marriage License In New Orleans, LA.

The New Orleans Marriage License Office is now conveniently located in Downtown New Orleans. The Louisiana Office of Vital Records, New Orleans Marriage License Office opened at 1450 Poydras St., Suite 400, New Orleans, La 70112.  Parking is also nearby on street with meters or in a paid parking lot for those with local transportation.. Office hours are posted as 8 AM to 3 PM weekdays only, but licenses are not issued after 3 PM due to the time it takes to complete the paper work. The office is closed weekends and holidays. Couples must bring with them proper identification, a drivers license, Passport, or suitable picture id with certified copies of a birth certificate and divorce. One person can apply if they bring the others documents and information. The Marriage License Office has on its web page details of their policy and forms. Sample information and forms can also be found on this web page- New Orleans Marriage License Information

Couples from out of state can get the license and also get married on the same day in New Orleans if they also obtain a waiver of delay from a judge or Minister registered in New Orleans. This makes New Orleans an easy place to elope to with plenty of pretty places to have a wedding. Some couples book the honeymoon at a French Quarter Hotel or cruise out of New Orleans and get married the day they arrive in the city.
Well over 5,000 marriage licenses were issued in 2003 in New Orleans, and many couples visit New Orleans in the spring to get married from other states.

Biloxi, Gulf Port MS Weddings

Elope to Biloxi Beach Gulf Coast MS see http://ow.ly/1tB1Y

Since Katrina the Mississippi Gulf Coast is all cleaned up and ready for fun and weddings. Recently I had the pleasure of returning to perform several weddings. The beach is great and so to are several restaurants and hotels. Just e-mail me for details on a beach wedding. I am usually so busy in the French Quarter every Saturday that my days are mostly limited to Sunday for a wedding in Biloxi, Gulfport, or Bay St. Louis, but e-mail as I will help as much as I can.

info@figstreet.com

Elope In Jackson Square

Elope to Jackson Square in New Orleans, it is easy. All you need for a small ceremony is to contact Fig Street weddings for details on how to rent the Square or use a free spot by one of the gates. Get a marriage license at the Marriage License office at 1010 Common St. New Orleans. Set up a time and date and even select a photographer like Kathleen K. Parker,www.kathleenkparkerphotography.com, who took the above photograph of a couple who eloped to New Orleans. (Photo By Katheleen Parker®)
See for more details- http://www.figstreet.com/guesthouse/jacksonsquarewedding.html

Write Your Own Wedding Vows

Writing your own wedding vows together as a couple can make your marriage more meaningful and fun. Sample guidelines and how to books are on the web yet it is easy with this guideline http://www.figstreet.com/guesthouse/simpleweddingceremony.html. There are traditional elements to a wedding ceremony but a lot of good things to add in making you day special. You can add a poem, song, or personal words to bride, groom, or a special person like a child. Add in parts for children allows them to be a part of the new family and can make them feel special that day.
Here is a page with some helpful hints, Sample Wedding Vows, but there are a lot more available on the web.

Favorite Wedding Songs

Here are 5 songs that are favorites at weddings:



1. FROM THIS MOMENT ON by SHANIA TWAIN
2. A WHOLE NEW WORLD from Disney's Aladdin
3. CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE Elvis Presley
4. COME WHAT MAY Ewan McGregor
5. COULD I HAVE THIS DANCE Anne Murray

Helpful Info To Plan An Elopement In New Orleans

Here is a list of the people and services who help plan weddings. Fig Street Weddings, New Orleans, La. and the American Association of Wedding Officiants, www.aawo.org.

1. Fig Street Weddings
(504) 617-6359
Category: Elope to New Orleans

Web page with lots of helpful info to plan a wedding in New Orleans. Former Justice of the Peace and retired Minister who does weddings in New Orleans.
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Places to have elopements in New Orleans.


2. Pirates Alley Cafe
622 Pirates Aly
New Orleans, LA 70116
(504) 524-9332
Categories: Restaurants, Bars



9/7/2009
Walk down, take pictures, drink a glass of wine, buy a book, sit and talk. You can get married here too. The merchants keep the area clean and are friendly stop in and say hello to Tony and Joe.

3. City Park
1 Palm Dr
New Orleans, LA 70124
(504) 482-4888
Categories: Parks, Stadiums & Arenas

9/7/2009
Large, beautiful park with many aspects from large stand of Oak trees, to plants and flowers, art, small train. Much to do, even get married here.

4. Jackson Square
506 C Saint Peter St
New Orleans, LA 70116

Category: Parks

9/7/2009
Sit, stroll, elope, get married, eat lunch, meet friends in the best spot in the Quarter.
No bikes, no dogs, no drugs, well policed park.

5. Audubon Zoological Gardens
6500 Magazine St
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 581-4629
Categories: Cinema, Aquariums, Zoos, Tours


9/7/2009
Zoo, park, golf course, restaurant, jogging trail, river front park, many things to see and do here even get married.

6. Maison Dupuy Hotel
1001 Toulouse St
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 586-8000
Category: Hotels

9/7/2009
Beautiful hotel in the Quarter, good food and a nice place for a wedding.


7. Bourbon Orleans Wyndham Hotel
717 Orleans Ave
New Orleans, LA 70116
(504) 527-0408
Category: Hotels



9/7/2009
Comfortable, Friendly are two words that describe this hotel in the heart of the Quarter. Great for weddings too.



8. Place D'armes Hotel
625 Saint Ann St
New Orleans, LA 70116
(504) 524-4531
Category: Hotels



9/7/2009
Older centrally located small hotel with great rates. Courtyard is nice especially for an elopement.

Comical Wedding Video

Some strange things happen at weddings. Here is a link to a German video of some comical weddings that need no translation.