(1) The wedding license bureau had told Cheryl that no one there had the power to issue an emergency license by phone, but maybe she could try to reach a judge.

(2) Acting in the place of the wedding license registrar, I swore them to the truth of all of the statements on their license application. Donna swore to the truth and signed the application.

(3) A normal civil wedding license in Italy costs about 45 euros ($64): for non-European citizens the Verona license will cost nearly 900 euros, with EU non-Verona couples paying approximately 700 euros.

(4) There were formalities: the five-day waiting period and an appearance in person at the wedding license bureau.

(5) In the 1980s most states required a blood test in order to obtain a wedding license.

(6) I just did this so I could sign my sister's wedding license a few years ago, a decision that didn't trouble me in the least.