The short version: no official source publishes a monthly count of Utah County marriage licenses. The closest published series are the state's monthly marriage counts for all of Utah, which put September on top in 2025 (5,497 marriages) and November at the bottom (3,175). The only Utah County license total we found is a newspaper figure: 11,323 licenses in roughly the year before July 2026. The details, and the limits of each number, are below.
This page is the reference table. For what the numbers mean when you are picking a date, read wedding season in Utah Valley; for the license itself, step by step, read getting a marriage license in Utah County.
Marriages by month, statewide
The Utah Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Vital Records and Statistics publishes monthly counts of marriages in its quick-stats summaries. They count marriages that took place in Utah ("Utah occurrences"), and the state labels them provisional, subject to change. They are statewide; Utah County is not broken out.
| Month | 2025 | 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3,382 | 3,270 | −112 |
| February | 3,482 | 3,244 | −238 |
| March | 3,363 | 4,364 | +1,001 |
| April | 4,727 | 4,798 | +71 |
| May | 5,307 | 5,582 | +275 |
| June | 4,833 | 5,492 | +659 |
| July | 5,237 | Not yet published | · |
| August | 5,108 | Not yet published | · |
| September | 5,497 | Not yet published | · |
| October | 4,642 | Not yet published | · |
| November | 3,175 | Not yet published | · |
| December | 4,401 | Not yet published | · |
2025: Utah Quick Stats Summary, 2025 Issue 4, Figure 1, covering January to December 2025. 2026: Utah Quick Stats, Figure 1, 2026 Q2, covering January to June 2026. Both checked October 20, 2026.
- January to June 2026: 26,750 marriages, against 25,094 in the same months of 2025.
- The twelve 2025 months add to 53,154. The state's annual table below lists 54,499 for 2025. The two do not match because they are labeled as different measures (the monthly chart says "Utah occurrences," the annual table "Utah residents") and because the monthly figures are provisional. We show both as published and do not reconcile them.
Marriages by year, Utah against the U.S.
The state's annual tables go back to 2018 on its quick-stats page (earlier years are in IBIS-PH). The U.S. column comes from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, whose national table runs one year behind Utah's.
| Year | Utah marriages | Utah rate | U.S. rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 26,898 | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| 2019 | 25,834 | 8.0 | 6.1 |
| 2020 | 27,411 | 8.3 | 5.1 |
| 2021 | 30,324 | 9.1 | 6.0 |
| 2022 | 33,456 | 9.8 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 38,250 | 11.1 | 6.1 |
| 2024 | 46,973 | 13.4 | 6.3 |
| 2025 | 54,499 | 15.3 | Not yet published |
Utah columns: Utah Quick Stats, Tables 1 and 2, Utah residents, 2018 to 2025. U.S. column: CDC/NCHS provisional national marriage rates, 2000 to 2024. Checked October 20, 2026.
Two sources, two Utah rates. The CDC also publishes a Utah rate, built from provisional counts by state of occurrence. It mostly tracks the state's own resident figure, within a tenth of a point, but not in 2023: the CDC lists Utah at 9.9 per 1,000 that year, while the state's table says 11.1. Neither source explains the gap. For 2024 both say 13.4. The state's IBIS-PH indicator says Utah's rate has run above the national rate since it began reporting marriage data there in 2010.
Utah County licenses: the one number we found
A Deseret News essay published July 5, 2026, by a writer who spent 11 months as a Utah County deputy clerk, states: "In the past year, Utah County issued 11,323 marriage licenses, and 5,161 of them were finalized by Utah County deputy clerks." The essay does not give the exact dates of that year or cite a county report, and the Clerk's website publishes no counts to check it against.
Read it as a count of licenses, not of local weddings. Utah County's Clerk says Utah has no citizenship or residency requirement for a license and that couples can apply, marry by remote ceremony and receive a certificate "without ever visiting the office." So a Utah County license may belong to a couple who live elsewhere, and a Utah County couple may hold a license from another Utah county. We do not divide this number by the population or compare it with the state totals, because it measures something different.
What is not published
We looked for a monthly or annual count of Utah County marriages or marriage licenses in each place a reader might expect one. As of October 20, 2026:
- Utah County marriage licenses by month. Utah County Clerk marriage license website (home, Apply for a License, Clerk's Office Ceremonies): No license counts, annual report or statistics page is published.
- Utah County marriages from the state. Office of Vital Records and Statistics Quick Stats: Statewide totals only; no county breakdown.
- County marriage rates in IBIS-PH. IBIS-PH marriage and divorce indicator and its dataset query list: The indicator compares Utah with the U.S. for 2010 to 2023; the query system has no marriage dataset.
- County figures from the CDC. CDC/NCHS marriage and divorce tables: National and state rates only.
- Census survey estimate of people married in the last year, Utah County. American Community Survey table B12501, 2024 1-year and 5-year: Values are published for Utah but come back blank for Utah County.
The records exist. Utah Code 81-2-306 requires the county clerk to keep each returned license and certificate and to send a certified transcript to the state registrar of vital statistics. Nobody publishes them by county. Until someone does, this page will not estimate a Utah County figure.
The license, in numbers
What the Utah County Clerk and the Utah Code said on October 20, 2026:
| Item | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| What most applicants pay | $71.75, including all fees | Utah County Clerk |
| Base license cost | $50 | Utah County Clerk |
| Utah Marriage Commission fee | $20, waived with the Marriage Education Discount | Utah County Clerk |
| Clerk's Office ceremony (optional) | $35 | Utah County Clerk |
| Shipping address outside the U.S. | International shipping plus a $15 processing fee | Utah County Clerk |
| Waiting period | None; you can marry the day the license is issued | Utah County Clerk |
| When the Clerk suggests applying | About 10 to 15 days before the wedding | Utah County Clerk |
| How long the license lasts | Invalid if not used within 32 days after issue | Utah Code 81-2-302(5) |
| Witnesses | At least 2, each 18 or older | Utah Code 81-2-302(4) |
| Where the officiant must be | Physically in Utah at the time of the ceremony | Utah Code 81-2-302(2) |
| Officiant returns the license | Within 30 days after the ceremony | Utah Code 81-2-305(5) |
How to apply
Online: the Clerk says the whole application can be done online. You need a valid email address, a government-issued photo ID for each of you, a smartphone to scan each ID and face, and a credit or debit card (Visa, Mastercard or Discover). The Clerk says the application typically takes 15 to 20 minutes and the license is issued as soon as you pay; if the automatic identity check fails, manual verification typically takes a few business days. If you are in different places, each of you completes your own section from the same emailed link.
In person: both of you arrive together with photo ID at the marriage license office, 111 South University Avenue, Provo (phone 801-851-8109). In-office applicants can also pay by cash or check, and still receive a digital license.
A Clerk's Office ceremony is held by appointment, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mountain Time, by appointment; closed federal holidays. You need a Utah County digital license and two witnesses with ID. The Clerk's application and ceremony pages both carry the warning Utah Code 81-2-302 sets out for remote ceremonies: a marriage by online remote appearance may be invalid in the country where the couple lives.
Where the license falls in your last month of planning is on our wedding-week timeline; who can officiate is in our guide to civil officiants.
How this page is kept current
We re-read every source on this page each quarter (in January, April, July and October). When the state publishes a new quarter, the months fill in above; when it revises a provisional month, we replace it and log the change here. Last refreshed October 20, 2026.
- October 20, 2026: Page created. 2025 monthly figures from Issue 4 (2025 Q1 to Q4); 2026 January to June from the 2026 Q2 chart on the quick-stats page.
Sources
Every default, rate and fee in this tool comes from one of these pages, read on the date shown. Rates and fees change; check the date before relying on a figure.
- Utah Quick Stats (Tables 1 and 2, Utah residents 2018 to 2025; Figure 1, Utah occurrences, 2026 Q2), Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Records and Statistics. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: Annual Utah marriage counts and rates, 2018 to 2025; monthly marriages, January to June 2026.
- Utah Quick Stats Summary, 2025 Issue 4 (Figure 1, Utah occurrences, 2025 Q1 to Q4), Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Records and Statistics. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: Monthly marriages, January to December 2025.
- Provisional number of marriages and marriage rate: United States, 2000-2024, CDC National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: U.S. marriage rate per 1,000 population, 2018 to 2024.
- Marriage rates by State: 1990, 1995, and 2000-2024, CDC National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: CDC's Utah marriage rate by state of occurrence, used to show where it differs from the state's resident figure.
- Health Indicator Report of Marriage and divorce, Utah Department of Health and Human Services, IBIS-PH. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: Confirms the state's marriage indicator covers Utah and the U.S., 2010 to 2023, with no county view.
- Apply for a License (payment and FAQ), Utah County Clerk. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: $71.75 fee, $50 base cost, $20 Marriage Commission fee and discount, no waiting period, 10 to 15 days advice, how to apply, no residency or citizenship requirement.
- Clerk's Office Ceremonies, Utah County Clerk. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: Clerk's ceremony hours and requirements.
- Utah County Marriage License (home page and the four-step process), Utah County Clerk. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: Office address and phone; no license statistics published on the site.
- Utah Code 81-2-302: Marriage licenses, use within state, expiration, Utah State Legislature. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: 32-day validity; officiant physically in Utah; two witnesses 18 or older.
- Utah Code 81-2-305: Who may solemnize marriages, certificate, Utah State Legislature. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: Officiant returns the license within 30 days.
- Utah Code 81-2-306: County clerk to file license and certificate, Utah State Legislature. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: The county clerk sends each license and certificate to the state registrar of vital statistics.
- I married 468 couples before I turned 21. Most of them I never met in person, Deseret News (Mallory Mailloux), July 5, 2026. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: 11,323 Utah County marriage licenses and 5,161 finalized by deputy clerks 'in the past year'.
- American Community Survey table B12501, Marriages in the Last Year (2024, 1-year and 5-year), U.S. Census Bureau. Checked October 20, 2026. Used for: Confirms the Census table is published for Utah but returns no values for Utah County.
More for couples: the weddings front door lays out the planning path month by month, and the Wedding Date Finder shows which Saturdays the temples have published as closed.