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GIVING NOTICE
IF YOU HAVE DECIDED THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR CIVIL
CEREMONY TO TAKE PLACE IN
A LINCOLNSHIRE LICENSED
VENUE or at a Lincolnshire
Registration Office and have
selected a date for your
ceremony, we suggest that you
make a provisional booking
with the venue and then
contact our Customer Service
Centre as soon as possible on
01522 782244.
Our Ceremony Co-ordinator
will be able to check to see
if our Registration Officers
are available to attend your
ceremony on the selected
date and time and make a
provisional booking in the diary.
Legally, a ceremony will not be
able to go ahead without the
Registration Officers.
You may give Notice up to one
year before the date of your
ceremony. Your Notice(s) will
be valid for 12 months from the
date given to the Registration
Officer and must include your
ceremony date. If after giving
your Notice(s) you decide to
change the chosen venue,
new Notice(s) will have to be
given. If you live in Lincolnshire,
an appointment to give your
Notice(s) will need to be made.
Please contact our Customer
Service Centre on
01522 782244.
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IF YOU LIVE IN LINCOLNSHIRE NON-EUROPEAN CITIZENS
As Lincolnshire is a one-district
county you can give Notice at
any one of our Registration
Offices, located at: Boston;
Bourne; Gainsborough;
Grantham; Horncastle; Lincoln;
Long Sutton; Louth; Skegness;
Sleaford; Spalding and
Stamford. If either party to the marriage/
civil partnership is a citizen of a
country outside the European
Economic Area, you will need
to give Notices in a designated
office. In Lincolnshire these
offices are located in Lincoln,
Boston or Grantham.
Our Ceremony Co-ordinators
will assist you with the booking.
Giving Notice confirms the
legalities for your booking and if
you do not do this, the marriage
or civil partnership cannot take
place.
The Customer Service Centre
will advise you of each
Registration Office’s opening
times and the documents that
you will be required to bring
with you when you meet the
Registration Officer. You must
bring original documents with
you as photocopies will not be
accepted.
IF YOU DO NOT LIVE IN
LINCOLNSHIRE
You will have to give your
Notices at the local Registration
Office in the district where you
live. You will need to contact
them to make an appointment.
It does not matter if you do not
live in the district where you
want your ceremony to be held.
I AM GETTING MARRIED
ABROAD. WHAT DO I DO?
You MAY need to give Notice.
We will be able to provide
information to assist you.
Please also see our Renewal of
Vows section in this guide.
DO I NEED TO BRING AN
INTERPRETER?
If one or both of you is unable
to speak and/or understand
English, you will be required
to provide an interpreter,
who will be asked to sign a
statement stating that he/she
has translated the questions
and answers accurately. You
are not permitted to interpret
for each other.
An interpreter will also be
required to attend and witness
the ceremony.