Renfrewshire Council

Your ceremony

Before the ceremony, you must provide the marriage schedule to the person performing the marriage. 

Immediately after the ceremony, the schedule must be signed in permanent black ink using a fountain pen by:

• both parties
• the person performing the marriage
• the 2 witnesses.

You must return the marriage schedule to the registrar within 3 days of the marriage ceremony so the marriage can be registered.

If you are having a civil marriage, the marriage schedule will be kept by the registrar who will have it ready for signing at your wedding. 

The registrar will register the marriage on your behalf, and they will post a marriage certificate to you.

Who can attend 

By law, you only need two witnesses, who must be aged 16 years or over to your marriage. 

Guests should arrive 20 minutes before the ceremony.

The bridal party should arrive 15 minutes beforehand.

Personalising your ceremony

You can personalise your marriage ceremony to include your own vows, music, poems or readings. Please discuss any requirements that you have with the registrar.

If you want, you can have your ceremony video recorded, tell the registrar before the ceremony.

After your civil partnership registration, you can have photographs taken in the venue. You must arrange videos and photographers yourself.

We provide music and silk flowers at all registration offices. If you want your own music, please discuss this with the registrar before the day of the civil partnership. You can arrange to see each suite before your civil partnership ceremony.

See the venues for marriage ceremonies in Renfrewshire.