NOTICE TO PERSONS INTENDING TO MARRY IN THE WEBB MUNICIPAL BUILDING

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C.R.S. §14-2-109(1) (1993), allows a couple to solemnize (perform) their own marriage. To solemnize their own marriage, a couple need only indicate such on the marriage certificate form on the third line, indicating "themselves". The couple should both sign below where the clergy or judicial officer usually signs and then, sign again as "bride" and "groom". You may solemnize your marriage while in the building and return the certificate to the clerk immediately. When you solemnize your own wedding, you must return the marriage certificate no later than sixty days from the date the license was issued. Besides the couple themselves, others who can solemnize their marriage are judges, retired judges, magistrates, public officials, Indian tribe officials, and clergy. The statute does NOT allow a friend or relative to solemnize a marriage. Witnesses are not required for a valid solemnization.

Pursuant to Directive 98-06 of the Chief of Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, the judges, commissioners, referees, and magistrates of the Denver District and County Courts are permitted to charge for weddings performed between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. on regular court business days. Judicial officers who wish to perform weddings during the weekday are on a list distributed at the counter through the Clerk and Recorders office in the Webb Municipal Office Building, 201 W. Colfax Ave., Dept. 100.

Please see the following County Court page for more information on marriages and for a list of judicial officers who are available to perform wedding ceremonies. This list also is available at the Marriages counter in the Clerk and Recorder’s office.

Judicial Officials Who Perform Daytime, Weekday, and Evening Weddings