Plan your Montgomery, Alabama wedding with the current application process, a separately confirmed ceremony and time for photographs. The details below help you decide what to arrange before choosing your coverage.
Details reviewed October 30, 2026. Confirm current arrangements directly with the linked office or venue for your date.
Alabama uses a marriage certificate
Alabama no longer issues marriage licenses through the old application process. The state directs couples to complete the Alabama Marriage Certificate form and deliver the properly signed and notarized document to an Alabama probate court for recording.
Meet the recording deadline
The completed form must reach a probate court within 30 days of the later spouse signature date. Follow the current state form instructions and confirm the Montgomery probate office recording fee, payment method and delivery arrangements directly before attending.
Plan your celebration independently
Do not assume the certificate recording visit includes a courthouse wedding ceremony. Confirm any optional ceremony, portrait location and building camera rules separately. A vow exchange and photographs can be planned around the celebration you actually want.
Official planning information
How I would plan the photographs
I would distinguish your paperwork visit from the moments you want photographed in Montgomery. If you are planning vows elsewhere, build coverage around those vows and your people, rather than treating recording paperwork as an automatic ceremony appointment.
Confirm photography permission at your ceremony location before booking coverage inside. Share your date, guest count, ceremony address and any portrait stop so we can account for travel and walking in your quote.
Wedding photography and next steps
Tell us your date, venue or ceremony location, guest count and the parts of the day you want photographed. We’re based in Wilmington, North Carolina; we’ll confirm destination availability and travel with your quote.
The photographs in this guide are examples from our work. We’ll plan your locations and access for your own wedding.
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