Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 765.08 (2026)
Application for marriage license
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765.08(1)(1) Except as provided in sub. (2), no marriage license may be issued within 3 days of application for the marriage license.
765.08(2)(2) The county clerk may, at his or her discretion, issue a marriage license within less than 3 days after application if the applicant pays an additional fee of not more than $25 to cover any increased processing cost incurred by the county. The county clerk shall pay this fee into the county treasury.
765.08 HistoryHistory: 1979 c. 32 s. 48; 1979 c. 176; Stats. 1979 s. 765.08; 1981 c. 20, 142; 2009 a. 28; 2021 a. 84.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1999–2012 · leading case: Appling v. Doyle, 2013 WI App 3, 826 N.W.2d 666.
Appling v. Doyle, 2013 WI App 3, 826 N.W.2d 666. “13 , and couples may pay a fee to accelerate their application, Wis. Stat. § 765.08 (2). With the exception discussed below, we choose not to resolve whether these and other differences in formation are significant, either individually or in combination.”
Schoenhofen v. Wisconsin Dep't of Transp., 605 N.W.2d 249 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999). “, 1965, provided that a county judge could dispense with the five-day requirement upon certain showings; that statute was later renumbered to § 765.08, Stats., and amended to provide that the county clerk may dispense with that requirement "at his or her discretion.”
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