First, you need to be allowed video visits with your partner who is incarcerated.
Video visits can be any type of video call; being on video is how to make this happen legally. Getting married through a video call simplifies the process, and is convenient when you are not near each other.
Second, you need a marriage license.
A marriage license shows the government has given legal permission for a couple to be married. Getting a marriage license with an incarcerated partner requires a little more process because that partner will not have a standard government-issued ID, such as a driver's license, passport, or state ID card. Rather, they usually have a facility ID.
Steps to getting a marriage license when a partner is incarcerated:
- Email the Utah County marriage license office and ask for an Absentee form
- Send the absentee form to your partner who is incarcerated and have them fill it out and notarized.
- Have the facility send the completed and notarized absentee form back, to the marriage license office, along with a photocopy of your partner's facility ID: Utah County Marriage License Office, 111 S University Ave, Provo UT 84606
- Click the application link to start the marriage license application online, but do not finish your partner's section just yet.
- Contact the marriage license office to let them know who your partner is so they can add them to your marriage license application.
- Contact LoveLife to schedule a date and time to get married.
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For steps 4-6 above, LoveLife can help you through the steps to legally marry you through a video call, after you have your marriage license.
LoveLife performs weddings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! We use Zoom as our online video app. If your partner does not have access to Zoom, no problem! You can be on the "facility video call" with your partner who is incarcerated, then join Zoom with another device. That way, we can see both of you and you can both give legal consent to the marriage.
