Greenville County Marriage License Office
Marriage licenses in Greenville County are handled by Greenville County Probate Court, not Family Court. The marriage license office is part of Probate Court at Greenville County Square, Suite N-T100, 301 University Ridge, Greenville, SC 29601. Marriage license hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding county holidays. Probate Court lists marriage-license contacts at 864.467.7571 and 864.467.7468, with email at probatemarriage@greenvillecounty.org.
South Carolina marriage license rules matter for Greenville County applicants. Both applicants must have capacity to marry. Applicants who were recently divorced need a divorce decree signed by a judge and filed with the Clerk of Court. A person without a Social Security card must provide a resident alien card or a Social Security Administration statement. Applicants must be 18, unless they are 16 or 17 and make an appointment under the county process. Payment is due when the application is completed, and the 24-hour waiting period starts when the application is submitted or filed.
The Probate Court marriage license page is the county source for the marriage process.
That page is important because Greenville County Probate Court does not perform ceremonies, and the license is valid only for ceremonies in South Carolina.
Apply for Greenville Marriage Records
The Greenville County marriage license application begins with an online worksheet and ends with signed paperwork after Probate Court reviews the submission. The South Carolina license does not expire after issuance, but the ceremony must take place in South Carolina. After the ceremony, the DHEC and Probate copies must be returned within 15 days.
- Open the Greenville County Probate Court marriage license worksheet and enter the planned wedding date plus a contact email address.
- Complete the information for both applicants, including birth-certificate name, current name, address, phone, birth data, race, and marriage history.
- Select the correct resident type for the fee category, then choose the online payment option shown in the worksheet.
- Upload the requested driver's license and Social Security card images, or use the approved alternate identity documents when applicable.
- Confirm the acknowledgments, including the requirement for government photo ID and Social Security cards and the rule that South Carolina does not allow electronic signatures for the returned documents.
- Choose pickup during marriage-license hours or mail delivery to Applicant 1, then wait at least 24 hours from filing before the license can be issued.
The Greenville County marriage license worksheet shows the online fields before a license can be processed.
The worksheet is not just a name form. It also records identity uploads, payment data, resident type, and the receipt method for the Greenville County marriage license.
Greenville Marriage Application Fields
The Probate Court worksheet asks for enough detail to create a South Carolina marriage license record and to route the license after the waiting period. Enter names carefully. The later marriage license search works best when the applicant name is searched in the format used by the county, and maiden names may produce better results.
| Field Group | Required | Greenville County Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wedding and contact | Yes | Wedding date and contact email address start the worksheet. |
| Applicant identity | Yes | Applicant type, sex, birth-certificate last name, ID type, Social Security number, alien registration, or no-number status. |
| Current names and address | Yes | Current name, street address, city, county, state, ZIP, and phone are entered for each applicant. |
| Birth and personal data | Yes | Birth date, age, race, birthplace, number of this marriage, and mental-incapacity question appear for each applicant. |
| Payment selection | Yes | Payment type, payee first and last name, and resident type set the Greenville County, South Carolina, or nonresident fee. |
| Uploads | Yes | The worksheet requests driver's license and Social Security card uploads unless approved alternate documents apply. |
| Acknowledgments and receipt | Yes | Applicants confirm ID rules, paper signature rules, and pickup or mail delivery. |
Greenville County Marriage Fees
Marriage-license and copy costs vary by residency, copy type, date range, and whether the request is a search that finds no record. Greenville County Probate Court materials separate the license fee from later search, copy, certification, correction, and payment-processing charges.
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Greenville County resident marriage license | $50 |
| South Carolina resident marriage license | $75 |
| Out-of-state resident marriage license | $115 |
| Correction, reforming, or reissuance | $6.75 |
| Optional keepsake folder | $2 |
| Certified copy, general | $5 plus $0.50 per page |
| Research fee or no record | $7 |
| Copy | $0.50 per page |
| Certified copy, 1911-1970 | $6 |
| Certified copy, 1971-present | $5.50 |
| GovPayNet processing fee on search page | $1.50; charges over $50 may have a higher fee |
Note: Probate Court marriage-license fees are separate from any later Family Court copy cost for divorce records.
Search Greenville Marriage Records
Greenville County provides an online marriage license search and certified-copy channel through Probate Court. The search uses applicant names and an optional license year. The county advises a Last, First Middle name format, and it notes that a maiden name may be the best search term for one applicant. This portal is useful when the record was issued by Greenville County Probate Court.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options or Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applicant Name | Text | Unspecified | Use Last, First Middle; maiden name may improve the search. |
| Applicant 2 Name | Text | Unspecified | Use the same Last, First Middle format for the second applicant. |
| License Year | Text | Optional | Use YYYY to narrow results, but the field is not required. |
| Search | Button | N/A | Runs the Greenville County marriage license search. |
The Greenville County marriage license search is the county portal for license lookups and certified-copy ordering.
For Greenville County marriage records, the search page is more specific than a broad court-record search because it is tied to Probate Court's license records.
South Carolina Marriage Certificates
The state vital-record channel does not replace Probate Court for every Greenville County marriage record. South Carolina DPH marriage certificates are available from July 1950 through December 2023. For Greenville County marriage records before July 1950 or after December 2023, the requester should contact the Probate Court that issued the license.
The DPH marriage certificate page explains the state date window for certified marriage records.
That date split is important in Greenville County because older licenses and current licenses can route back to Probate Court instead of the state office.
Greenville County Divorce Records
Divorce records in Greenville County are Family Court records. Greenville County Family Court is at 350 Halton Road, Greenville, SC 29607, with office phone 864.467.5800. Family Court handles divorce, property disputes between spouses, alimony, custody, support, visitation, termination of parental rights, adoption, name changes, paternity, domestic violence, and juvenile matters. Some of those files have access limits, so a public divorce search may not expose all papers in a domestic case.
Greenville County has a date and office split for Family Court records. Divorce and Family Court records from 1925 through April 1996 are at the Clerk's Circuit Court Office at 305 E. North Street. Later Family Court records are handled through the Family Court office at Halton Road. The online Family Court Search accepts a case number or party name, with party names formatted as LastName, FirstName.
A divorce decree is different from a state divorce report. A decree is the court order from the county where the final hearing was held. A state report confirms that a divorce was reported to vital records for the covered date range.
South Carolina Divorce Reports
South Carolina DPH divorce reports cover divorces decreed from July 1962 through December 2023. DPH states that the actual divorce decree must be obtained from the Clerk of Court in the county where the final hearing took place. For a Greenville County divorce, that means the Greenville County court record route matters when a person needs the signed decree rather than a state vital-record report.
The DPH divorce reports page distinguishes a state report from the decree held through the court record system.
For Greenville County divorce records, this means DPH may confirm a divorce in its date range, while the court office remains the source for the decree itself.
Certified Greenville County Copies
Certified copies are used when a record must prove legal status, such as a name change, benefits issue, immigration packet, estate matter, remarriage, or court filing. For marriage records issued in Greenville County, Probate Court's marriage search and Records Division are the local channels. For divorce decrees, use the Clerk or Family Court route based on the date split and the office that holds the file.
Do not use a state divorce report as a substitute for a Greenville County divorce decree when the receiving agency asks for the decree. The report and decree serve different purposes. Likewise, a marriage license search result is not the same as a certified marriage copy.