Registering your marriage

Ordering your certificate 

Civil ceremonies in Norfolk

You will have purchased at least one certificate when you booked the registrar. Ordering a certificate is part of the booking process.

Religious ceremonies in Norfolk 

The authorised person at a place of worship can't produce your certificates for you. You can order your certificates from us before your religious ceremony. Visit our copy certificates page to buy certificates. 

When we will produce your certificate

You will not receive a certificate at the ceremony. We produce all certificates electronically.

After we receive the marriage schedule or document, we will enter your marriage into the electronic register. We will produce and post a certificate to you if you have ordered one. You can expect us to post it to you within seven days of us receiving the complete schedule/document.

Who returns the schedule or document

If we are in attendance

If a registrar attends your ceremony they will return the marriage schedule to the office.

When we are not in attendance

Often, at a place of worship, there will be no registrar at your ceremony. In this case, the authorised person at the place of worship is responsible for returning the marriage schedule/document. The authorised person may ask the couple or a nominated guest to return it on their behalf. In that case, you can return signed marriage schedules or documents to these locations only:

• County Hall in Norwich
• Great Yarmouth Library
• King's Lynn Town Hall

The authorised person conducting your ceremony has the full details on how to return your signed marriage schedule or document. 

You can also return the signed schedule or document via post to: Norwich Registration Office, Archive Centre, County Hall, Norwich, NR1 2DQ. The schedule or document is very important. If you choose to return your schedule to us via post, we advise you to consider using signed for 1st class delivery.