Brazos County marriage licenses are a county clerk service

The marriage license for a Brazos County wedding comes from the County Clerk's Office on the courthouse's fourth floor, 300 E. 26th Street, Suite 1430, in Bryan. The clerk keeps the county's records, and marriage licenses are one of them.

Both people have to walk in together, show proper ID (a valid driver's license, state ID, or passport), and provide proof of their Social Security numbers. Then Texas makes you wait: at least 72 hours pass between the moment the license is issued and the moment you can legally marry. The license is good for 90 days from purchase and then goes void, so there's a sweet spot — far enough ahead to clear the wait, not so far ahead it expires before the date.

If one half of the couple genuinely can't make it to the counter, the clerk keeps an affidavit of absent applicant on its forms page that covers that situation.