Getting Married in Scotland

The attached Registration Privacy Notice (433 KB PDF) tells you what happens to personal information when a life event is registered.

Some questions you might want answered:

• I want to get married in Scotland. How do I go about it?
• I want to change my civil partnership into a marriage.How do I go about it?
• My partner and/or I are foreign nationals who do not live in the UK – can we get married in Scotland?
• I want to organise a 'surprise' wedding for my partner. Is this possible?
• What form does a marriage ceremony take in Scotland?
• We would like a family friend to solemnise our marriage. Is this possible?
• What was and is the minimum age for marriage in Scotland?
• News on Same Sex Marriage in Scotland

Contact Points for further information:

Please write, phone or visit us at New Register House.

You may contact our marriage preliminaries section:

National Records of Scotland
Marriage Section
Room 38
New Register House
3 West Register Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3YT

Email: marriage@nrscotland.gov.uk

Telephone: 0131 314 4447