How do I get married at city hall/courthouse in Massachusetts?

Can you call your city hall during lunch? Can your fiance? Otherwise Google is your best ally. Many municipalities have JoP's readily available. If it's that important to you guys, you will find a way to get these answers.

I've been googling but only being provided the basics of fees for applying, etc...I can't call on weekends. He is going to try to call this week. We work 10+ hour days right now (during holidays), and lunch breaks are barely existent. We originally were planning for Spring, but just found out I'm loosing insurance end of the year and I have cancer, so hence the rush!!...I'm not eligible for insurance with my new job for a few months (his is better anyways), so we said screw it, and are going to get married 1 year after we got engaged in januaray....well we hope so!

Was just hoping someone out there had gone through similar process and had some tips! Thanks anyways!

And Rosemary, thanks for the information! Every little bit helps!! I was expecting about a month, so that's good to have an idea!! Definitely going to have my fiance make some quick calls this week!! Thanks for the help!!

Is it possible to call and leave a message? Would you be able to call today, leave a message and ask for them to call you back with some answers to your questions? I know it would be better to actually talk to someone but that might me an option if you don't have any time during the week.

I'm from New Bedford and the City Clerk at city hall is a JOP and can perform the ceremony at city hall but couples have to make an appointment.

Trying to leave a message is a good idea!! It's better than nothing! Thank you for the idea!

Thank you for all the tips ladies!!

You'll need a Massachusetts marriage license--there's a 3 day waiting period and it's good for 90 days, I think. You may want to compare prices and hours in different places--I got mine in Worcester and it was $40. You can get it anywhere in MA as long as you get married in MA. Not sure what the hours are everywhere--Worcester's only open during the week. For the ceremony, my understanding is that most judges only do marriages during the week, but I could be wrong. My sister did a courthouse wedding in October (not in Mass.) and their county does all the weddings on Friday afternoons.

ETA: just looked up Danvers and it's $30, and they're open until 7:30 on Thursdays. You both have to go together. As far as the ceremony, I think it's by county (since that's where the courthouse is).

Oh thank you so much for such good information! Yeah, from what I can find, it looks like different city halls have different hours...and thank you for the Danvers information (i dunno how I missed that!), as we could potentially go file early in the evening on Thursday! Definitely will call to verify costs and hours! Thank you so much!!