Same-sex marriage in Jersey

Not to be confused with Same-sex marriage in New Jersey.

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Jersey since 1 July 2018. The States Assembly passed a bill 42–1 allowing same-sex couples to marry on 1 February 2018. Royal assent was granted on 23 May 2018, and the law took effect on 1 July. Jersey followed the other Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom in legalising same-sex marriage, after the Isle of Man in 2016 and Guernsey (excluding Alderney and Sark) in 2017.

Civil partnerships providing some of the rights and benefits of marriage have also been available for same-sex couples since 2012. A bill for legalisation received royal assent on 14 December 2011 and was registered in the Royal Court on 6 January 2012. It took effect on 2 April 2012.

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