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With the passage of Referendum 74, same gender couples will be able to apply for marriage licenses beginning on Thursday. 

Couples planning to be married on Dec. 12 (12/12/12) must apply no later than Dec. 7, according to a press release from Spokane Country.  

In anticipation of higher than normal volume, the Auditor’s Office-Recording, located in the Customer Service Center on the first floor of the Courthouse (1116 W. Broadway Avenue) will extend its business hours from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. for one day only on Dec. 7.

For more information, go to www.spokanecounty.org/Auditor and click on “Marriage Information” or call the Spokane County Auditor’s Office at (509) 477-2260.

Where:           Spokane County Courthouse, 1st floor (Customer Service Center)
1116 W. Broadway Ave.
(Courthouse doors open at 7:00 a.m., with security screening into the main hallway beginning at 7:30 a.m.)  

When:            Dec. 6    
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

                      Dec. 7 – business hours extended one day only!      
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

What to bring:
·         $58 cash or check (no credit or debit cards accepted)

·         Identification indicating age (state-issued photo ID preferred)

Requirements:
·         18 years of age or older (17 years of age if parent/guardian consent)

·         No current spouse

·         No current registered domestic partner, unless it’s the other party to this marriage

Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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anna marie martin
anna marie martin
12 years ago

YAY!

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