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FYI, fellow brides-to-be
Those of you who live in Montgomery County, PA and are getting married in the next couple of months: When you apply for your marriage license you do not go to the Montgomery County Courthouse.
We barely dodged a strip search before realizing the Register of Wills/Clerk of Orphans' Court is actually across the street, located within One Montgomery Plaza, Swede and Airy streets, Norristown. Apparently this wasn't always the case, so we didn't feel too silly as BK put his keys back in his pocket and I took back my leftover club sandwich from the Courthouse Diner that had just missed getting a radiation boost while traveling down the security conveyor belt.
Take the elevator to the fourth floor and go left. The Marriage License Bureau is toward the back left of the room. Luckily there were no other couples waiting, so we were taken almost immediately. Be ready to place your right hand on a Bible next to your fiance's and swear that you are not related. It's oh so romantic!
We barely dodged a strip search before realizing the Register of Wills/Clerk of Orphans' Court is actually across the street, located within One Montgomery Plaza, Swede and Airy streets, Norristown. Apparently this wasn't always the case, so we didn't feel too silly as BK put his keys back in his pocket and I took back my leftover club sandwich from the Courthouse Diner that had just missed getting a radiation boost while traveling down the security conveyor belt.
Take the elevator to the fourth floor and go left. The Marriage License Bureau is toward the back left of the room. Luckily there were no other couples waiting, so we were taken almost immediately. Be ready to place your right hand on a Bible next to your fiance's and swear that you are not related. It's oh so romantic!
posted by Melissa Brooks at
7:05 PM
2 Comments:
I didn't know that. I had to go through the metal detector and stuff.
Yeah, they must have changed it in recent years -- not sure when though. Actually, there was a security check at One Montgomery Plaza but the guard just let us walk through. At the courthouse though, the guard made a smart remark to my fiance when he asked if he needed his wallet in the bin as well. The guy replied something like, "I said everything, and wouldn't that also include your wallet?" Then another guard interuppted and asked where we were headed. I guess we weren't dressed for a day in court. Good thing that guy intervened, because we weren't even in the right building! And then the somewhat rude guy totally changed his tone and was acting all nice and helpful.
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