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Do You Need a Blood Test to Get Married?

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Map of the 21 states that confirm no blood test is needed for a marriage license

You do not need a blood test to get married in the 21 states whose official pages address it, including Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas and California. Premarital blood tests for diseases like syphilis were common decades ago, and states have since dropped them.

What you need instead is ID, and in many states your Social Security number. Each state page explains the documents to bring.

States that confirm no blood test

Maine: Check the state pageMEWisconsin: Check the state pageWIVermont: Blood test droppedVTNew Hampshire: Check the state pageNHWashington: Check the state pageWAIdaho: Blood test droppedIDMontana: Check the state pageMTNorth Dakota: Check the state pageNDMinnesota: Check the state pageMNIllinois: Blood test droppedILMichigan: Check the state pageMINew York: Blood test droppedNYMassachusetts: Check the state pageMARhode Island: Check the state pageRIOregon: Check the state pageORNevada: Blood test droppedNVWyoming: Check the state pageWYSouth Dakota: Check the state pageSDIowa: Check the state pageIAIndiana: Check the state pageINOhio: Check the state pageOHPennsylvania: Blood test droppedPANew Jersey: Blood test droppedNJConnecticut: Blood test droppedCTCalifornia: Blood test droppedCAUtah: Check the state pageUTColorado: Blood test droppedCONebraska: Check the state pageNEMissouri: Check the state pageMOKentucky: Blood test droppedKYWest Virginia: Check the state pageWVVirginia: Blood test droppedVAMaryland: Check the state pageMDDelaware: Check the state pageDEArizona: Blood test droppedAZNew Mexico: Blood test droppedNMKansas: Check the state pageKSArkansas: Blood test droppedARTennessee: Check the state pageTNNorth Carolina: Blood test droppedNCSouth Carolina: Check the state pageSCDistrict of Columbia: Check the state pageDCOklahoma: Blood test droppedOKLouisiana: Check the state pageLAMississippi: Blood test droppedMSAlabama: Check the state pageALGeorgia: Blood test droppedGAHawaii: Blood test droppedHIAlaska: Blood test droppedAKTexas: Check the state pageTXFlorida: Check the state pageFL
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Green states say on an official page that couples skip a blood test. Grey states did not address it on the pages checked.

States that confirm you skip the test

Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Virginia.

What you bring instead

Most counties ask both partners for a photo ID such as a driver's license or passport. Some also want proof of age, a Social Security number, or a divorce decree if either partner was married before.

See minimum marriage age for age rules and fees by state for what the license costs.

Every figure here comes from the official statute or clerk pages linked on our state and county pages. Fees change, so confirm with your county before you apply.