This is a “How to get Married in Las Vegas” guide for brides and grooms thinking about getting hitched in Vegas. There are many types of weddings in Vegas, and not a lot of them are people who actually live there!

Las Vegas is in the top 3 wedding destinations in the world, alongside Orlando Florida, and Istanbul Turkey.

There’s no wait time to get married in Las Vegas.. but don’t make a hasty decision because although you can get married within about 25 minutes of deciding to, it does take a lot longer to divorce in Las Vegas.

How to get married in Vegas – Step One.

To get a marriage licence in Las Vegas all you have to do is go to the Clark County Marriage License Bureau and fill out an application form. You can view the I.D requirement information here.

Marriage licences can be obtained by walking into
Clark County Clerk
Marriage Services Division
201 East Clark Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89155-1603
Telephone (702) 671-0600

The current fee for a Las Vegas marriage licence is $77.

How to get married in Vegas – Step Two.

Once you have your licence, you either need to find a chapel, OR what I suggest to my couples is to find an officiant of your liking, and then you can get married anywhere. Many of the Las Vegas wedding chapels actually ban you from bringing your own photographer and videographer. They do this so that they can force you to use their in house photographer and videographer. Most of the time these aren’t professional photographers or videographers but rather somebody who was just hired for minimum wage and given a camera to use. “Why would they do that?” you ask? Well they do that so that the casinos that are making more profit than any other corporation in the world, can make even more profit from you. If you read online reviews you will see some of the higher end casinos have charged brides over $6,000 for their photos, but the photographers cannot leave the grounds, and the photographers take a list of ‘standard photos’ and brides who get married this way often find out too late that they could have gotten married anywhere, had an officiant solemnize their marriage, and then have the photos of their dreams.. If photography and video is not important to you, and if you’re just wanting to get married as quickly and cheaply as possible then you might not care about this fact, however if you really want to get married as cheaply as possible you can do so by getting married for free at any public location. Keep in mind you just have to find an officiant and pay them. Somebody with no money at all can probably manage to find a way to get married in Las Vegas, but like anywhere in the world, a classy and beautiful wedding is likely to cost $6,000 – $20,000 depending on if you value photography and video and the little details, and of course if you have guests and an expensive meal then the price will go up a lot. You can see more information about “How much does it cost to get married in Vegas” in this post.
I have an article here about How to plan your Vegas wedding when so many chapels and venues do not allow outside photographers or vendors.

How much does it cost to get Married in Vegas?