Civil Marriage & Sealing

[Vanguard]

Does anyone know if a temple worthy person can have a civil marriage ceremony in the community and then the same day also get sealed in a temple? If not possible, does it have something to do with the civil ceremony not being recorded yet?

[Rain]

Yes, you can have them on the same day. 

[Vanguard]

14 hours ago, Rain said:

Yes, you can have them on the same day. 

Don't the temple representatives have to verify whether indeed the couple had already been married? Typically, I understand they would look it up in a data base to verify. But how would they do this if the marriage had taken place just a couple of hours earlier?

Edited January 19, 2025 by Vanguard

[Rain]

2 hours ago, Vanguard said:

Don't the temple representatives have to verify whether indeed the couple had already been married?

2 hours ago, Vanguard said:

Typically, I understand they would look it up in a data base to verify. But how would they do this if the marriage had taken place just a couple of hours earlier?

My daughter got sealed a couple of weeks after her marriage. She was given her marriage certificate right away, they mailed a part to the state and took the other part to the temple. Later the state mailed the record of marriage.

Edited January 19, 2025 by Rain