Scott County Marriage License Records
Marriage licenses and marriage certificates in Scott County are handled by Scott County Customer Service, not by District Court. A license issued from Scott County is valid for six months from the date of issuance and may be used anywhere in Minnesota. After the ceremony, the signed certificate must be returned to Scott County so it can be filed and recorded.
The county uses an online marriage application before the in-person step. Both applicants must appear at the Scott County Government Center with valid government-issued photo ID. No appointment is required in the research source. If one applicant cannot appear, the county provides a notarized supplemental marriage form for that situation.
The county's marriage licenses and certificates page is one of the successful image sources assigned to Scott County marriage and divorce records.
That county source controls the marriage-license path, while divorce decrees use District Court channels.
Apply for Scott County Marriage License
A marriage license application should be treated as a county vital-record transaction. The online form starts the record, but it does not replace the in-person appearance and identification step. The reduced fee is only available when the parties meet Minnesota's premarital education rules and submit the required educator statement under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 517.
The manifest includes the Scott County online marriage application as a source for application steps.
The online form gathers the applicant details that county staff use when the applicants appear in person.
- Complete the Scott County online marriage application.
- Both applicants appear in person at the Scott County Government Center with valid government-issued photo ID.
- If one applicant cannot appear, provide the notarized supplemental form listed by the county.
- Pay the regular license fee, or pay the reduced fee with the required educator statement.
- Use the license within six months anywhere in Minnesota.
- After the ceremony, have the signed certificate returned to Scott County for filing and recording.
Scott County Marriage Application Fields
The Scott County marriage application asks for identity, contact, prior-marriage, legal-name, relationship, and post-marriage address information. Some fields apply to each applicant. Conditional fields become important when an applicant has been married before or reports a blood or adoption relationship that must be explained.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Applicant full legal name | Yes | First, middle, last, and suffix for each applicant. |
| Current address | Yes | Address lines, city, state, ZIP, and county. |
| SSN question | Yes | Yes or No response shown in the field inventory. |
| Phone and email | Yes | Daytime phone and email for applicant contact. |
| Birthdate | Yes | Provided for each applicant. |
| Previous marriage fields | Conditional | Termination type, date, prior married name, and location if applicable. |
| Prior felony question | Yes | Yes or No response for each applicant. |
| Legal name after marriage | Yes | Full name each applicant will use after marriage. |
| Relationship by blood or adoption | Yes | State relationship if the answer is yes. |
Scott County Marriage and Divorce Fees
Marriage license and certificate fees come from Scott County Customer Service. Divorce filing and divorce decree copy costs come from District Court sources. The Scott County District Court fee page showed a dissolution of marriage filing fee with Scott County selected, while certified copies use the Judicial Branch copy-request fee schedule.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Regular marriage license | $125 |
| Reduced marriage license with educator statement | $50 |
| Credit or debit convenience fee | 2.15% |
| Additional certified marriage certificate | $9 each |
| Dissolution of marriage filing, Scott County selected | $403 |
| Certified divorce decree copy | $14 per document |
| Exemplified divorce copy | $14 per document |
| Certified and exemplified divorce copy | $28 per document |
Scott County Marriage Certificate Requests
Scott County can issue certified marriage certificates only for couples who applied for the marriage license in Scott County. The ceremony location does not control the certificate source. If the couple applied in another Minnesota county, the request goes to that county or to a statewide search option if the county participates.
A local caveat matters for online statewide searching: Minnesota Official Marriage System states that Scott County and Washington County do not participate in MOMS. That means MOMS should not be relied on as the direct source for a Scott County-issued certificate. Scott County certificate request options include mail or drop box to Scott County Government Center, Attn: Customer Service, 200 Fourth Avenue West, Shakopee, MN 55379, or an email request with the names, date of marriage, quantity, requestor name, phone, and return address.
The manifest includes Minnesota Official Marriage System as a source because it documents the nonparticipation point for Scott County.
That statewide source is useful mainly to show why Scott County certificate requests should go back to Scott County when the license was issued there.
- Applicant one first, middle, last, and last name before marriage.
- Applicant two first, middle, last, and last name before marriage.
- Date of marriage.
- Number of certified certificates requested.
- Requestor name, mailing address, city, state, ZIP, and daytime phone.
Find Scott County Divorce Records
Divorce records are court records, not Scott County marriage certificates. A divorce granted in Scott County is a Scott County District Court family case. The Minnesota State Law Library divorce decree guidance says plain copies of recent divorce records may be found through MCRO, while certified copies of a divorce decree must be obtained from the county courthouse where the divorce was granted.
Scott County divorce decree channels are MCRO for available plain online copies, in-person public access terminals in the Law Library at the Scott County District Courthouse, or a copy request to Scott County Court Administration. Copy requests may be submitted by email, fax to 952-496-8211, or mail to Scott County Court Administration, 200 4th Avenue West, Shakopee, MN 55379. Court Administration can certify Scott County District Court documents, but it cannot provide confidential documents unless a judge signs an order granting access.
The State Law Library divorce decree source is assigned to this page in the image manifest.
That guidance is the reason certified Scott County divorce decrees route through the courthouse rather than the county marriage certificate counter.
- Search MCRO by case number or party name if the divorce record is recent enough and remotely available.
- Use the courthouse public access terminal when MCRO does not display the full public record.
- For a certified decree, submit the Judicial Branch copy request form to Scott County Court Administration.
- Include the case number, party names, document requested, copy type, and delivery method.
- Pay the certified or exemplified copy fee if an official copy is requested.
Note: Family case documents in MCRO are narrower than many civil and probate documents, so certified divorce requests often need Court Administration.