Santa Clara County Wedding Chapel Rental (bring your own officiant)
San Jose, CA
| Venue type | Chapel |
| Location | San Jose, CA |
| Published price | $40 |
| Capacity | Up to 20 guests |
| Setting | Indoor |
| Event type | Ceremony only |
What the venue publishes
Office of the County Clerk-Recorder, Plan your marriage ceremony, Chapel rental: "If you are interested in renting our Wedding Chapel and prefer to bring your own officiant, you may reserve the space for 10 minutes for $40."
The source publishes $40 as the fee for this space, not a starting point.
Included per the venue's site
- 10 minutes of exclusive Wedding Chapel use
Officiant NOT included - you bring your own. The reservation must be paid in advance in person or by phone: (408) 299-5658 or marriages@rec.sccgov.org. Additional 10-minute blocks are $40.00 each and the maximum booking is 30 minutes. Up to 20 guests excluding the couple and officiant. The marriage license is a separate fee. If you need the county to deputize your own officiant for the day, the One-Day Deputy Commissioner fee is $80.00 (payable by cash, check or debit/credit card, with a $2.50 convenience fee on cards). This is the cheapest published wedding venue in the whole Bay Area dataset.
Published on clerkrecorder.santaclaracounty.gov, checked August 2026. Fee schedules change, so confirm before booking.
Where this price sits in San Francisco Bay Area
$40 is the 1st lowest published starting price of the 46 venues listed in the San Francisco Bay Area metro. The metro median starting price is $487, and 45 of the 46 listings publish a higher starting price than this one.
What the capacity costs per guest
The source publishes a capacity of 20 guests. At $40, filling the space works out to $2.00 per guest for the site fee alone, before the license, an officiant, food, or rentals. The median published capacity across the 34 San Francisco Bay Area listings that publish one is 100 guests, so this space is smaller than the metro median.
Marriage license in Santa Clara County, CA
The venue fee above does not include the license. San Jose sits in Santa Clara County, CA, and these are the terms that county publishes. Checked September 2026.
| Issuing office | Office of the County Clerk-Recorder, County of Santa Clara |
| Waiting period | None |
| License valid for | 90 days |
| Who must appear | Both parties, in person |
| Ceremony at the office | OfferedThe county publicly advertises civil ceremony options including an express marriage ceremony performed at the office counter and a wedding chapel ceremony. No ceremony fee is published here. |
| Witnesses | 1 required by statute |
Source: clerkrecorder.santaclaracounty.gov, clerkrecorder.santaclaracounty.gov, clerkrecorder.santaclaracounty.gov, cdph.ca.gov
No Santa Clara County fee or procedure figure is published here. California statewide rules still apply: both parties must appear in person with valid photo ID, no blood test, no waiting period, license valid 90 days, at least one witness for a public license.
How the metro prices out
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