FAQs

Who do I contact to get married in the LBI region?

The Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center is the most comprehensive resource in the Long Beach Island Region to obtain maps, brochures, information and referrals to help you plan or to pass along to weddingguests, family and friends. 

Please visit us at 265 West 9th Street, Ship Bottom, NJ or call 609 494-7211 x100

The Long Beach Island Region is comprised of ten individual municipalities, each one with distinct public locations to hold your ceremony. Once you decide on where you would like to hold your ceremony, you must contact the town directly for a license (if neither bride or groom are New Jersey residents) or for a permit to hold ceremony. It is recommended that this be done as soon as you have set the wedding date. If neither the bride or the groom are New Jersey residents they need to apply for a marriage license in the town where their ceremony is taking place with one witness who has known each of you for at least one year. If the bride lives within the state of New Jersey, the application should be made in her town of residence. If the Bride does not live in New Jersey, but the groom does, they should apply in his town of residence. 

Municipal phone numbers:
Borough of Barnegat Light   609 494 9198
Borough of Harvey Cedars  609 494 2843
Borough of Surf City            609 494 3064
Borough of Ship Bottom     609 494 1614
Township of Long Beach    609 361 1000
Borough  of Beach Haven   609 492 0111
Township of Barnegat         609 698 7832
Township of Stafford           609 597 1000
Borough of Tuckerton          609 296 2701
Township of Eagleswood    609 296 3040