Certified copies of a Marriage License are available for any licenses that have been purchased and filed with the Fort Bend County Clerk. Marriage licenses purchased and filed in other counties must be requested with that County.
Payment Information
Personal or business checks are not accepted for Vital Records. Payment may be made by cash (in person only), Money Order, credit cards (Visa, Master Card, Discover, and American Express), or cashier's check.
Requesting a Certified Copy:
- Verify that the Marriage License has been filed with the Fort Bend County Clerk through online record search;
- Print and complete the Marriage License ;
- Provide the clerk with the Marriage License certificate number, located on the of the record;
- You can purchase the copies by the following methods:
- In person at any of our locations
- Through email with payment made by credit card. The certified copy fee is located on the copy request form. Please include the payment transaction number if paying by credit card.
- VitalChek, or
- Through the mail with payment by credit card, cashier's check, or money order. Please include the payment transaction number if paying by credit card.
The certified copy fee is located on the copy request form. Our mailing address is:
Fort Bend County Clerk
301 Jackson Street, STE #101
Richmond, Texas 77469
Keepsake Marriage Certificates available here.