Getting Married - GOV.KY
Getting Married
The minimum age of legal marriage in the Cayman Islands is 16, however, anyone under 18 must have consent if he or she has not been married before. Consent can be given by the father or, if the father is dead, by a lawful guardian. If there is no guardian, an unmarried mother may give consent.
All marriages must be attended by a marriage officer and by two other witnesses. Marriages must take place between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Note that liquor licensing laws state that live music must not be played on Sunday in places licensed to sell alcoholic beverages.
After a marriage, the marriage officer must file a duplicate of the register entry with the Registrar General. A certified copy of the register entry will be supplied to the couple without charge. Further certified copies may be obtained for CI$10 per copy from the Registrar of Marriages at the General Registry.
Saying "I do" in the Cayman Islands
Couples wishing to marry during a vacation or a cruise ship stop may apply for a special licence. Under the law, the Governor grants special licences, and marriages may be performed as soon as applications have been processed. The Passport and Corporate Services office handles applications on Grand Cayman, and District Administration represents the Governor on Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.
The application, which must be signed by both persons, must give full names, occupations, permanent addresses and any current temporary address. It must also name the marriage officer who will perform the ceremony, state whether either party has been previously married, and confirm that there is no lawful hindrance to the intended marriage.
The couple may choose to bring the required documents to the specified Government office and make the application in person. Or, working with their marriage officer, they may fill out and sign the form, provide the necessary documents, and then turn the process over to the officer for completion.
The documents required are:
- Proof of identity, such as an original or certified birth certificate or passport;
- Cayman Islands international embarkation/disembarkation card or ship's boarding pass;
- Certified or original copies of divorce decrees/death certificates.
Marriage by Authority of Certificate from a Civil Registrar or Marriage Officer
Persons residing in the islands may make application for a marriage certificate to be issued by either a civil registrar or a minister of religion who is also a marriage officer. Marriage by a civil registrar does not involve a religious service -- though couples may later go through a religious service if they wish.
On or about the same date, both parties must give notice of intending marriage to the civil registrar of the district or districts in which they have resided for not less than 15 clear, successive days prior to the ceremony. If they live in the same district, a single notice is sufficient. If one of the parties is not residing in the Islands, a single notice by the other party will suffice.
Having satisfied him-/herself that the notice given conforms to the law, the registrar must display the notice of intended marriage in a conspicuous and accessible place for seven days. After this period, if no objection has been made, he or she may issue a marriage certificate, which must be produced to the marriage officer performing the ceremony.
For marriage by authority of a marriage officer's certificate, each person must give notice, on or about the same date, to the minister of his/her congregation, provided the minister has been appointed to be a marriage officer, or to any marriage officer in the district. A single notice will suffice if the couple belong to the same congregation or if one of the parties is living overseas.
The marriage officer(s) must publish the banns at a Sunday service at the parties' church or churches and display the notice of intended marriage on the church door(s) for seven days. If no objection to the marriage is made in this time, the marriage officer's certificate may be issued. The marriage must take place within three months of a certificate issued by a civil registrar or marriage officer. In the case of a marriage in which one of the parties is judged to be near death, a certificate of notice or banns are not necessary if the two parties are able to signify their consent in the presence of two witnesses.
Name
Affiliation/Address
Contact Details
Appointment Date
P.O. Box 370
KY1-1106
20 January 1981
P.O. Box 2122
KY1-1105
22 July 1994
P.O. Box 2177
KY1-1105
27 February 2017
Civil Registrar
P.O. Box 27
KY1-1101
10 January 2007
Faith Deliverance
P.O. Box 10438
KY1-1004
w. (345) 947-0710
c. (345) 929-6168
e. fcdc@candw.ky
9 April 2002
First Assembly of God
P.O. Box 30990
KY1-1204
w. (345) 945-2182
h. (345) 945-8221
c. (345) 916-5639
e. fagod@candw.ky
18 November 1998
United Church, West Bay
P.O. Box 321
KY1-1301
1 September 1986
All Nation United Pentecostal Church
George Town
P.O. Box 2624
KY1-1103
w. (345) 949-9533
h. (345) 947-3552
c. (345) 926-2087
e. upc@candw.ky
21 September 1993
Savannah United Church
P.O. Box 120
KY1-1501
20 April 2015
George Town Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses
P.O. Box 1892
KY1-1110
30 April 1999
Cayman Islands Mission of Seventh Day Adventists Bodden Town
P.O. Box 515
KY1-1106
6 May 1991
St. Ignatius Catholic Church
P.O. Box 2638
KY1-1102
24 February 2014
Church of God Chapel
P.O. Box 506
KY1-1106
Agape Family Worship Centre
P.O. Box 276
KY1-1104
Church of God Full Gospel Hall
P.O. Box 2329
KY1-1106
w. (345) 949-2503
c. (345) 926-8180
Cayman Islands Mission of Seventh Day Adventists
P.O. Box 7
KY1-2101
28 August 2017
Red Bay Church of God (Holiness)
P.O. Box 927
KY1-1103
28 August 2017
The Church of God of Prophecy
P.O. Box 1781
KY1-1109
w. (345) 949-7453
h. (345) 945-3026
c. (345) 917-2054
e. casifo1@yahoo.com
29 June 2007
The Church of God
Full Gospel Hall
P.O. Box 2329
KY1-1106
24 February 2014
Webster Memorial United Church and the William Pouchie Memorial Church Bodden Town and North Side
PO Box 2
KY1-1601
12 April 2011
New Testament Church of God
Cayman Brac
P.O. Box 8
KY2-2001
1 August 2016
Cotton Tree Bay Church of God
Cayman Brac
P.O. Box 186
KY2-2101
w. (345) 948-2552
c. (345) 925-2111
e. caribym@candw.ky
29 June 2007
First Church of the Open Bible
P.O. Box 1341
KY1-1108
w. (345) 945-2148
h. (345) 947-1786
c. (345) 916-8909
e. gagera@candw.ky
29 June 2007
St. George’s Anglican Church
P.O. Box 1633
KY1-1109
w. (345) 949-7002
h. (345) 945-1854
c. (345) 925-6279
e. btcup@hotmail.com
20 June 2002
Seventh Day Adventists
P.O. Box 515
KY1-1106
28 August 2017
New Testament Church of God
P.O. Box 677
KY1-1102
12 February 2018
Church of God
West Bay
P.O. Box 1633
KY1-1109
Moravian Church
P.O. Box 31309
KY1-1206
w. (345) 947-7935
c. (345) 917-4408
e. jurehen@candw.ky
8 March 2002
Cayman Islands Mission of Seventh Day Adventists
P.O. Box 515
KY1-1106
28 August 2017
The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ Apostolic
Bodden Town
13 February 2014
Cayman Islands Baptist Church
P.O. Box 571
KY1-1502
7 January 2016
United Church
West Bay
P.O. Box 10109
KY1-1001
1991
Faith Christian Church
P.O. Box 234
KY1-150
14 January 2004
Cayman Islands Mission of Seventh Day Adventists
P.O. Box 515
KY1-1106
28 August 2017
Calvary Baptist Church
George Town
P.O. Box 2051
KY1-1505
27 September 2010
First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman
P.O Box 10175
KY1-1002
20 June 2002
Church of Christ, West Bay
P.O Box 269
KY1-1301
w. (345) 946-9294
c. (345) 916-1809
20 April 2015
The Father’s House Christian Fellowship
P.O. Box 2311
KY1-1106
12 July 2004
The Church of God of Prophecy
P.O. Box 1781
KY1-1109
w. (345) 949-7453
h. (345) 949-6792 or (345) 949-4899
c. (345) 929-1193
e. clmartin@candw.ky
25 January 1993
Elmslie Memorial United Church
P.O. Box 494
KY1-1106
12 February 2018
Cayman Islands Mission of Seventh Day Adventists
North Side
P.O. Box 515
KY1-1106
w. (345) 947-2647
c. (345) 916-0533
e. wmc@cicsda.org
Countryside Church of God
P.O. Box 49
KY1-1801
w. (345) 947-7674
c. (345) 925-7376
May 1993
Eastern Apostolic Church
East End Church of the Apostolic Faith
P.O. Box 120
KY1-1801
13 July 2005
United Church
P.O. Box 45
KY1-1501
1975
New Testament Church of God
P.O. Box 12098
KY1-1010
1 August 2016
United Church of Jamaica & Cayman Islands, Savannah
P.O. Box 11204
KY1-1008
13 July 2005
Church of God Chapel
P.O. Box 274
KY1-1104
w. (345) 949-3332
e. wbcog@candw.ky
Faith Worship Centre Ministries
P.O. Box 2478 KY1-1105
United Church of Jamaica & Cayman Islands
P.O. Box 1407 KY1-1504
Cayman Islands Mission of Seventh Day Adventists, Creek
P.O. Box 515
KY1-1106
w. (345) 949-2647
h. (345) 947-4873
c. (345) 929-0077
e. cwn@candw.ky
13 March 1989
Cayman Islands Mission of Seventh Day Adventists, West Bay
P.O. Box 515
KY1-1106
w. (345) 949-2647
h. (345) 947-4862
c. (345) 325-8563
e: shian@candw.ky
9 April 2001
Sunrise Community Church
P.O. Box 11958
KY1-1010
w. (345) 926-7473
c. (345) 325-5525
e. ryan@sunrise.ky
27 September 2010
Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship International
P.O. Box 544
KY1-1107
24 July 2006
Frank Sound Church of God
P.O. Box 11253
KY1-1008
Jewish Community of the Cayman Islands
P.O. Box 11852
KY1-1010
27 February 2017
Civil Registrar
P.O. Box 1630
KY1-1109
20 October 2015
Cayman Worship Centre
P.O. Box 11753
KY1-1009
12 February 2018
Church of God Chapel
Bodden Town
P.O. Box 2297
KY1-1107
30 May 1980
George Town Church of Christ
P.O. Box 733
KY1-1103
25 March 2002
Ambassador Church of God
P.O. Box 32197 KY1-1208
20 April 2015
Hillside Baptist Church
West End, Cayman Brac
w. (345) 948-0277
c. (345) 916-2143
e. audleyu@candw.ky
28 June 1985
New Testament Church
P.O. Box 159
KY2-2001
w. (345) 948-1576
or (345) 948-1707
e. ivalee@candw.ky
Crossroad United Baptist Church
P.O. Box 88
KY2-2101
13 July 2005
St George’s Anglican Church
P.O. Box 11085
KY1-1008
12 December 1984
P.O. Box 30252
KY1-1104
12 February 2018
Rector Church of England
St. Alban’s, George Town
P.O. Box 719
KY1-1103
w. (345) 949-2757
h. (345) 947-8291
c. (345) 916-7373
e. nsykes@candw.ky
26 January 1981
Cayman Islands Mission of Seventh Day Adventists
Savannah
P.O. Box 515
KY1-1106
Cayman Islands Baptist Church
P.O. Box 571
KY1-1502
Wesleyan Holiness Church
West Bay
P.O. Box 346
KY1-1301
Temple Beth Shalom
Cayman Brac
P.O. Box 56
KY2-2001
w. (345) 949-0518
c. (345) 322-4498
e. waltons@candw.ky
Community of Christ – The Peace Chapel
P.O. Box 30960
KY1-1204
Light of the World Christian Fellowship
P.O. Box 853
KY1-1103
Savannah United Church
P.O. Box 1000 KY1-1503
East End New Testament Church of God
P.O. Box 114
KY1-1802
To a Marriage Officer
- For receiving a notice for banns - $5
- For receiving an objection (payable by the party making the objection) - $10
- For witnessing or solemnising a marriage (payable by one of the parties to the marriage) - $40
To a Civil Registrar
- For receiving a notice of marriage - $5
- For receiving an objection (payable by the party making the objection) - $10
- For witnessing a marriage (payable by one of the parties to the marriage) - $40
To The Registrar General
- For every search in the General Registry, per hour and each part of an hour (payable by the person requiring the search) - $5
- For every certified copy of an entry of a register of marriage (payable by the person requiring the copy) - $10
- For correction of an error of fact or substance in a marriage register (payable by the person requiring the correction to be made) - $10
Anyone can lodge an objection to an intended marriage by giving notice in writing, before a certificate is issued, to the civil registrar or marriage officer publishing the notice or banns. An objector is required to make a signed declaration in the presence of the registrar or marriage officer.
If the objection raises a question of legal impediment or refusal of consent, the matter must be referred to the Grand Court, and the issue of a certificate suspended until a judge rules that the parties are not disqualified or that any refusal of consent is not reasonable. Anyone making what the judge considers to be a frivolous or annoying objection to an intended marriage may be fined and ordered to pay any costs incurred.
The laws which set the requirements relating to marriage in the Cayman Islands are The Marriage Law, Chapter 92; The Marriage (Amendment) Law, 1978; and The Marriage (Amendment) Law, 1994. These guidelines are not a replacement for the laws, only a brief summary of their requirements.
