A wedding chapel is a building or room, other than a legal

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, where marriages are regularly performed. Usually wedding chapels are for-profit venues to host weddings in resort areas to encourage hotel room stays, catering and gambling by the guests. The buildings are generally religiously themed and imitate

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. In some cases, religious institutions have chapels that are used specifically for marriages or closed churches are converted into wedding chapels.

Las Vegas

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, particularly, is famous for its large number of wedding chapels because Nevada has no waiting period to file for

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s. Some of the wedding chapels in Las Vegas feature an

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. Couples who want

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s can choose either the

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or The Elvis Chapel.

Requirements

Wedding chapels across the world must perform their ceremonies under specific laws, depending on the region in which they are located. In the

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, for example, wedding chapels usually require:

s and

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s. Requirements for minors to marry vary from state to state.

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