Office of the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk District Office

Very friendly and efficient staff. There was quite a line at 0830am, the line to the right is for weddings and left is for traffic violations. Overall, prompt and friendly service. Side note– you can no longer pre order certified copies of your marriage license.

If you don’t want to break the bank on a wedding ceremony, the Beverly Hills courthouse is the PERFECT PLACE! The chapel sits 20 – 25 guest and the wedding officiant is AWESOME! She made the ceremony humorous with the perfect touch of seriousness at the right time! Before the ceremony she calmed my nerves because I realized that I had forgotten my ID and thought OH NO my day is ruined because I forgot the one thing I never leave home without! I let her know and her response was, «Don’t worry Honey we’re gonna get you married today!, and with that my day was perfect! Thanks Nancy you ROCK!

Sometimes I feel like a living contradiction. On one end, I’m such a girly girl. I love high heels, dressing up, red lipstick, and dancing around the apt like a foolish lil girl but, the idea of wearing a white wedding dress, with all eyes glaring at me in a church, then followed by a formal dance, just makes me want to break out in hives and choke on my tongue. So, when my fiancé and I got engaged we both knew there was not going to be any harp playing or throwing of flower bouquets.
After looking up different county clerk offices, we decided on the Beverly Hills location. So glad we did. First, we filled out our forms online then walked into the office this past Friday. It took all of about 15 minutes to get our papers. Now, we go back in a few weeks, say a few «blah blah blah, I dos» and we’re married. Romantic as shit, right? Ya, I thought so too. Brings a tear to my eye.
Street parking was a cinch.
For 2 copies of our license, registration and everything else, it cost around 130 bucks.

Finally, a wedding that was fun, stress free and that I 100% believed in. Today I was called upon to be a witness in my friends marriage. She opted for a quick courthouse wedding in Beverly Hills. I was so impressed by the wedding officiant. She made the ceremony — with her humor, seriousness at the appropriate moments, and engaging personality. The «chapel» is quite large and the wedding couple are allowed up to 25 guests. Guests are allowed to get next to, in front of, or wherever they want to be in relation to the officiant/​couple for photos.
This is the first wedding I’ve been to where it truly was a celebration and intimate. So much is gained in having a small courthouse wedding! The guests could hear every word and felt a part of the party.
The vows took a few minutes which I recorded. The officiant threw rose petals up in the air and seemed genuine in her wishes for the new couple. If I ever were to wed, this would be the best way — to the point, fun and intimate. The bride was relaxed and visibly enjoying every moment. Photos were taken in front of the building and then across the street on the large park-​like median.
This is the way to wed!

Free parking across the street. Clean and easy. Not too many people in line. Ceremony was less than 10 minutes. Officiant was cool. None of that bible verse stuff in the officiants talk either. Kept it clean! Also in a nice area so you can grab food or beer after to celebrate.

So easy and the process only took 30 minutes total.

I got married here on june 13^th. It was an overall a good experience. I really liked how easy it was from the licence to the ceremony. Facility was clean. Staff was excellent, they helped us out due to us being late. I would highly recommend this courthouse. There are beautiful parks all around to do all of your pictures!

I feel like I need to add my voice to the positive reviews for this office. We went there this morning to get our marriage license, and it couldn’t possibly have been a more pleasant experience, especially in contrast with our failed experience at the LAX Courthouse the week before.
If you need to get your marriage license in LA, this is the place to go. Even accounting for the extra drive, everything about this place is stress-​free and easy.
After doing the marriage license online, we only had to go to any of the county registrar offices to go pick it up and finish the paperwork. Living not far from LAX, our first choice was to go to the LAX courthouse, which is a newer building and looks pretty nice — definitely more modern than the older Beverly Hills courthouse. We assumed that doing the preregistration online would save us a lot of time and we’d be done in a few minutes. No such luck.
Our experience there was hell: very little parking, with only a few meters taking only quarters (8 for an hour at $ 2!) This turned out to be important, as we quickly realized when getting to the actual registrar’s office, which had a very long line going out in the hallway! After waiting there for half an hour, we hardly made any progress in the line and were forced to give up and try another day. The main problem with that place seemed to be that they had one single line to handle all sorts of requests, including birth and death certificates. It seemed like that’s what most people in front of us were here for. We basically gave up and swore to try our luck another day.
After getting home, I went on Unilocal and checked reviews of the various courthouses and looked at our alternatives. And I am glad I did, as going to the Beverly Hills courthouse instead was SO MUCH easier and better.
For one thing, parking was a whole lot easier. We didn’t park on the street, but at least the meters there do take credit cards. No need to bring a bag of quarters! Even better, just parking at the Civic Center lot next to the library just next block is FREE for 2 hours! So we did that and the court building is literally just a brisk walk away.
Getting in the building, we had to go through airport-​style security but it was very easy. Nobody else in front of us at 9:30 in the morning. Taking the elevator, we get to the actual registrar’s office and there was NO LINE! Even better, they have 3 windows just to handle marriage licenses — contrast that with the LAX courthouse with one line and maybe 2 clerks to handle all types of requests!
The clerk was very friendly, quickly retrieved the form that we had filled online, checked our IDs and guided us through the process. Wrote a check for the fees, got our paperwork and we were out of there before I even had time to check in!
All in all, dealing with morning LA traffic, we spent maybe 50 minutes on the road and only 10 minutes at the courthouse. It was so much easier than if we had to go back to the LAX courthouse, where we would have spent more time just waiting in line while consuming an inordinate amount of quarters — assuming we even found a place to park!
Highly recommended if you need to get a marriage license in the county of Los Angeles.

Since it’s my 1000^th review, gotta make it a special one! We came here to pick up our marriage license recently and it was so quick and easy! Having read about the horrors of other locations, and even being told to give ourselves an hour or two at this location to get stuff done, I was expecting quite a long wait. However, we were in and out within 10 minutes! We went about half an hour after they opened and there was no wait whatsoever. First off, park at the Civic center garage and you get 2 hours free! No need to be looking for street parking or paying the meter, and it’s a less than 5 min walk to the courthouse. Then through security and up the elevators to the 3^rd floor, and it’s to your left. If you fill your application online, you just have to give the confirmation number and they’ll have it all ready for you. They also have computers right outside of their office for you to do the online application as well. The staff are very friendly and nice and answer all your questions. Confidential licenses are $ 85, public ones are $ 91, and copies of the certificate go for $ 15, and they have you prepay for at least one of those when you pay for your license as well. Super efficient, super quick. Definitely recommend all couples to come get their license here!

We originally went to the Van Nuys Registrar’s office to get our marriage license and once we saw that the line went outside the door and down the block, we knew we were in trouble. We asked around and it seemed that everyone had to wait in the same line regardless of what you were doing. We decided to leave and look at Unilocal reviews and do it another day. Let me to say that we made the right choice.
Based on what everyone said, it seemed worth the drive to Beverly Hills to get the license taken care of. The security guys were super nice and knew right away where we were heading. We went to the third floor and walked to the first window. We had filled out the paperwork online, so basically we just had to pay, answer a few questions and we even were able to make the appointment to come back to do our civil ceremony (we are doing the big ceremony in Mexico).
It was seriously zero hassle and I’m pretty sure we spent less time sitting in traffic than we would have spent waiting in line at Van Nuys.

My entire experience at Beverly Hills court was great! Our marriage license took like 10 mins. Little line and friendly fast service. I scheduled my court ceremony for the following week Wednesday at 11:30am. Ok confession time: I was 45 mins late because (traffic) and our marriage officiant left to lunch. The rules are if you’re late you must reschedule. But after the receptionist screamed at me for being late she was able to squeeze me in at 1:30pm :)) I was so thankful!!!
I got married last Wednesday and my officiant was funny and sweet! Chapel is classy and chic with Hollywood glam black and white wedding portraits. My husband and I are so happy with everything, this is the best place to get married!

it’s surprisingly easy to get married… fill out an online application then come here to pay for and pick up your license.
located in beverly hills, this is definitely one of the nicer registrar/​recorder offices in los angeles county and that just made the whole process so pleasant. security was quick and sweet and they easily read the love and excitement my boyfriend and i exuded, correctly identifying the reason for our visit. a guard sent us up to the third floor with a smile and well wishes.
soon enough we were standing before a clerk with our right hands raised, repeating an oath and then signing our names on the completed paperwork. sealed with a kiss, my boyfriend and i were just an officiant away from being married!
it was a painless visit to a government office. the building was easy to find, there was plenty of parking, and the employees were a friendly bunch– you can’t really ask for much more from a bureaucratic entity. it would be nice if you could get married at the office on the same day, but you have to make an advance appointment for a civil ceremony and you need to have your marriage license number to make one. also, they only officiate one day a week so it can be a bit of a wait to secure an appointment.
highly recommended if you’re ready to tie the knot.

So thankful for everybody’s helpful reviews for this location! It wasn’t the closest to us, but we didn’t want to have an unpleasant experience while getting our marriage license so we opted to drive a little further.
I filled out the application online at
(this is the Los Angeles County — Registrar-​Recorder/​County Clerk’s Online Marriage License System) while my fiancé drove us and then took a screenshot of the confirmation # at the end. They’ll ask you for the confirmation # to find you more easily, so keep that handy! There’s a kiosk right outside the marriage license office to complete the application before you go in, so don’t worry too much if you’re not able to complete it at home.
Parking on Burton Way was filled up (we went on a non-​holiday Monday, got there around 1:45 PM), so we parked in the structure *behind* the building on 3^rd St. DO NOT park in the structure that’s right next to the building on Burton, it’s $ 8.00! Parking structure behind it is $ 1.00 for the first hour, $ 1.00 for the second hour, and then $ 2.00 for each hour thereafter. Plenty of spaces in there!
Security was super friendly and (like with other reviewers) knew we there to get our marriage license. Took the elevator to the 3^rd floor, followed the signs, and waited behind the only other couple there for their license. Paid the $ 91.00 license fee and also paid in advance for certified copies ($ 15.00 each). If you plan on having a civil ceremony there (like we were planning to), they’ll let you schedule the date/​time and then you’ll pay the $ 25.00 fee in advance. We were able to easily pick our first choice date/​time that we wanted in March 2014. **Bring cash or your checkbook! Credit card service fee is $ 1.75**
We were in and out of there in 15 minutes (and ended up paying only $ 1.00 for parking)! *applause*

It’s a good day to get married, I’m just the proud witness.
It was actually pretty easy to go and get your marriage license.
–Find parking on the street
–Get checked out by security (leave your drugs, knives & guns at home)
–Go to the left elevator to the 4^th floor
–Go left and register at the kiosk
–Make your future wife choose your last name and not vice versa
–Now enter the «marriage license» line
–Get checked out by the clerk and pay the fee
–Go get married downstairs and have a witness
OR
–Spend a shit load of money and have a huge wedding
Anyways… reserve about 2 hours just in case for handling this shizz…
HOLLA!

it’s going to take longer to write and read this review than the process of getting your marriage license at this courthouse… BAM!
6 stars!!! what a freaking find. once again, my fellow Unilocalers came through in the clutch. after an abysmal trip last week to the LAX courthouse, mama and i were pretty downtrodden about the whole process. we were even contemplating making a drive down to Norwalk to mitigate this lengthy procedure. lo and behold, 4.5 star average on Unilocal for the BH Courthouse.
when we found the building, located on the easternmost part of BH, we also found FRONT ROW parking right on the street. there was even time left on the meter! what!!! we figured it wouldn’t be enough so we added a little more. little did we know how much we didn’t need it. walked right in, right through security, up to the third floor, right up to the OPEN teller, who directed us to the Marriage License Kiosk where it printed out our receipt lickity split, back to ANOTHER open teller, $ 104 later and we had our license. BAM! i must’ve done something right in a previous life to warrant such good fortune. i’ll start paying it forward with all the time we left in the meter!
mama and i were so taken aback by the speediness of this branch. we had written off most State/​Government employees as less than productive. we had to take some of it back after coming through here. FAST, EFFICIENT, CLEAN, COURTEOUS and EFFECTIVE. that’s what i gotta say about this Courthouse.
if you’re getting married or need any other kind of paper work issued through a County Court system, COME HERE FIRST. you’ll thank me (and my fellow UnilocalERS) later.

I came here to witness my two friends get their marriage licence and officially get married (they paid for the ceremony). They were both very nervous of how they would be treated and how fast this would take. It was a very big day for them– I can’t blame them.
They didn’t make an appointment for neither thing mentioned above. The appointments for wedding ceremonies were backed up by a few months and they knew they wanted it done that day. So courageously they went in without an appointment– at 11am. They had their license within an hour and their ceremony around 3pm. Not too bad huh?
Yea the ceremony was cheesy and the lady performing it was quite humorous– it was definitely like one of those awkward yet funny moments in a movie. Fake flower petals were thrown on them and the room itself was about the size of a medium walk-​in closet. For $ 25 what can you really expect– it was informal. No vows were asked of.
My friends will be having their real ceremony with friends and family when they have enough saved up to do so.
This was about as smooth a process as these two people could have asked for given the circumstances of not having an appointment and being impatient.
Parking was $ 10 on the lot right next to the place. Hey that’s Beverly Hills for you.

BEST PLACE EVER TO GET YOUR MARRIAGE LICENSE
I completed my application online which made the process so much smoother. We got there around 1pm and there was only one person ahead of us who was already at the window.
As soon as we walked into the building the secuirty guard immediately looked at us and said «you guys are here for a marriage license aren’t you? I can see it in your eyes.» He pointed us in the right direction and sent us on our way.
It was a quick and seemless process. The clerk explained everything to us in detail.
On our way out the Security Guard made sure to throw a Congratulations our way!
Made for such a great experience — who knew the county clerks office could be fun :)

This is where we picked up our marriage license!
Parked around the corner at a metered spot and walked right in. This is the spot to go – very short lines, very helpful clerks, and if you want to schedule a marriage ceremony, you can do that too (we didn’t go that route, but it is an option). Save time by going online and applying for you license. They also do marriage ceremonies here — it seems like the way to go if you want to get the job done. Park down the street and around the corner in metered lots (or along the street in front) to save a little bit of money if you’re just dropping in, getting some papers, and going on your way. :)

My wife and I just got married last Thursday at the Beverly Hills Courthouse. It deserves its reputation as the best almost free wedding in Los Angeles. (If you don’t mind a security check before the ceremony, and armed guards.) The judge gave us a brief, but moving ceremony. We filled the small «chapel» to capacity (9 chairs — total 15 people) with friends and family. Think metal archway, Christmas lights, fake flowers, faux wedding cake in the corner, and a bit of taffeta to hide the institutional feel. Afterwards, the wedding party strolled around the corner to shoot photos on the steps of Beverly Hills City Hall. It’s a beautiful spot with flowers galore, two fountains, and the gorgeous Spanish façade. (Use entrance off Crescent.)
We topped it off with an elegant lunch for the whole group at Ray’s Restaurant at LACMA — right in the plaza.
If you’re looking for a micro-​budget, but tasteful wedding, this is a good option.

Quick way to get married.
1. Set an appointment.
2. Go through security
3. Get the paperwork and have the judge/​officiant marry you.
4. Have two witnesses
5. Signatures from everyone — turn in the documents
6. Get married in five minutes.
Came for a friend’s wedding. It was fast!
PARKING:
On Burton, 2 hour parking — some has the parking meters, the one near the residences don’t. After 6pm, parking is free but the building is closed at 5.
Overall… fast quick and easy!
Glad I was there to see it: D
Very tempted.