Couples looking to tie the knot on Valentine\u2019s Day will need to look beyond the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder\/County Clerk\u2019s offices \u2014 they\u2019ll be closed Saturday because, this year, the most romantic day on the calendar falls on a Saturday.<\/p>\n
But the Orange County Clerk-Recorder still has a \u201cheart\u201d \u2026 as does its counterpart down in San Diego.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, we will not be able to have any of our offices open to conduct or perform any of the same day Valentine\u2019s Day activities like in years past when it falls on weekdays,\u201d Mike Sanchez, a spokesman for L.A. County Registrar-Recorder, told City News Service.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is consistent with our practice. When Valentine\u2019s Day would fall on a Saturday or Sunday, our offices, unfortunately, would be closed, and we would not have any type of special event.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last year, when Valentine\u2019s Day fell on a Friday, a total of 286 couples got hitched at the L.A. county clerk\u2019s four offices, including 113 at the Norwalk headquarters.<\/p>\n
L.A. Registrar-Recorder\/County Clerk Dean Logan even gushed in 2025, \u201cValentine\u2019s Day is a beautiful reminder of love and commitment, and our department is honored to be a part of such a special moment in people\u2019s lives. Helping couples begin their journey together is a privilege we cherish, and we take pride in making the process as seamless and memorable as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, most years, anyway.<\/p>\n
Like the L.A. Registrar-Recorder, Riverside County\u2019s Assessor-Clerk-Recorder\u2019s Office will also be closed Saturday, nixing any nuptials.<\/p>\n
But take \u201cheart\u201d \u2014 the county clerks in Orange and San Diego counties are making accommodations despite the weekend timing.<\/p>\n
Orange County Clerk-Recorder Hugh Nguyen said offices in Anaheim, Santa Ana and Laguna Hills will be open Saturday to meet the demand for Valentine\u2019s Day nuptials.<\/p>\n
The offices at 222 S. Harbor Blvd. in Anaheim; 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd. in Santa Ana; and 24031 El Toro Road in Laguna Hills will be open from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. Couples can obtain marriage licenses, hold ceremonies or renew vows.<\/p>\n
Nguyen told CNS that the last time his office handled Valentine\u2019s Day weddings on a Saturday was in 2015 \u2014 when 223 marriage licenses were issued and 187 ceremonies were conducted.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was kind of cool, but I think we\u2019ll beat those numbers (Saturday),\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cAs of today (Friday), we have 305 appointments already for Valentine\u2019s, so I think we\u2019ll break the record. Ninety percent of the people will get married, so I think we\u2019ll beat those numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nguyen said his staff has specially decorated the offices for the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us in the Orange County Clerk-Recorders Office it is the most romantic day of the year \u2026 and my staff do amazing work to make it a special day for the couples coming in,\u201d he said. \u201cI will be doing some marriages myself to help out because they\u2019re so busy. We\u2019re going to make it a wonderful day for all the couples coming in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Down in San Diego, more than 150 couples are expected to be married through the county\u2019s Assessor\/Recorder\/County Clerk\u2019s Office, which will open its popular downtown ceremony location at the historic County Administration Center for the occasion.<\/p>\n
Of 165 available appointments, only seven remained as of Friday.<\/p>\n
Employees there get in the holiday spirit as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re excited,\u201d said San Diego Recorder\/County Clerk Assistant Division Chief Denisse Levy. \u201cUsually, they\u2019ll wear festive attire, do a potluck. They come in and work on a volunteer basis so we have a team that loves marriages and celebrating couples.\u201d<\/p>\n
ARCC offices are typically closed Saturdays, but San Diego Assessor\/Recorder\/County Clerk Jordan Z. Marks decided to open his most popular location at County Administration Center. Marriage rooms and outdoor arbors offer a view of San Diego Bay.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur team loves being part of your love story,\u201d Marks said. \u201cWhile most government offices are closed on Saturdays, we are opening our doors and providing more opportunity for couples to celebrate love on Valentine\u2019s Day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in L.A. County this year, local lovebirds will just have to wait to say their I-Do\u2019s \u2026 or find other accommodations.<\/p>\n
L.A. County offers civil weddings weekdays, year-round. Civil ceremonies cost $35, while marriage licenses are $91, or $85 for confidential licenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Couples looking to tie the knot on Valentine\u2019s Day will need to look beyond the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder\/County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[66517,163,165,164,84646,84647,84648,84649,84650,595,84272],"class_list":{"0":"post-178061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-aisle","9":"tag-anaheim","10":"tag-anaheim-headlines","11":"tag-anaheim-news","12":"tag-because","13":"tag-darned","14":"tag-its","15":"tag-nixed","16":"tag-nuptials","17":"tag-saturday","18":"tag-valentines"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}