{"id":37122,"date":"2026-03-11T16:24:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinderellawedding.co\/chattanooga\/?page_id=37122"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:27:46","slug":"getting-your-marriage-license-in-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cinderellawedding.co\/chattanooga\/getting-your-marriage-license-in-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Your Marriage License in Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_code][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cinderellawedding.co\/chattanooga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/03\/matt-setliff-banner.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Who We Are&#8221; title_text=&#8221;matt setliff banner&#8221; 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It can take up to 30 days to receive your certificate in the mail.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marriagelicense.hamiltontn.gov\/\">Once the license is processed, you can request additional certified \u00a0copies for legal purposes.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0 \u00a0 Getting Your Marriage License in Tennessee &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35270,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>Cinderella Wedding Photography Co. is a high-end, well trained team of photographers with lots wedding photography experience based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Many photographers and photography companies take photos of everything for you - babies, families, seniors, children - but Cinderella Wedding Photography Co. specializes in romantic photography exclusively - whether it be engagement photography right here in the Chattanooga area, capturing your Tennessee wedding, or just simple bridal portraits or anniversary pics - we\u2019re here to capture your fairytale that will last for generations.<\/p><h4>Joseph Schlabs - Chief Photographer in Chattanooga, Tennessee<\/h4><p>Joseph, the founder of Cinderella Wedding Photo Co and himself the chief photographer in Chattanooga, Tennessee, got into wedding photography in the Texas area in 2002 when he shot his first wedding at 16 years old. And since then, Joseph has shot around 500 weddings in that time frame. Years later, after getting more and more into the photography industry, Cinderella Wedding Photography Company was started in 2009 by husband and wife Joseph and Melissa Schlabs, out of a desire to capture beautiful wedding photography for lovely brides and handsome grooms. While they both enjoyed every aspect of photography, Joseph & Melissa fell in love with shooting weddings - specifically weddings in Tennessee. And they both live and work doing photography primarily in the great Chattanooga and North Georgia area.<\/p><p>Today, Cinderella Wedding Photography Co. is a company made of talented, local up and coming photographers who are passionate about capturing romantic, timeless photos for their wedding clients - all the while providing excellence that is second to none in the photography world. 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