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For Drenwick residents, the filing counter is the **Drenwick court house** in the Guild Quarter. See `world/locations/drenwick.md`.
### Crown Papers (Civil Identification)
Every adult subject of the Corvel crown carries **crown papers** — a folded parchment card issued by a crown clerk, bearing the royal seal pressed into wax along one edge, plus the subject's name and birth year written in a clerk's hand. Issued once at adulthood (or at naturalization for immigrants); replaced only if lost or damaged. The wax seal is the authenticating element — crown-registry counters across all six duchies and the Crownhold carry **reference plates** mounted under the counter lip, physical (non-magical) stamp-verification tools used to confirm seal authenticity.
Crown papers are required for civil registry filings (marriage, deeds, inheritance), guild charter signings, noble-adjacent transactions, and any crown-recognised contract. Most adults carry theirs folded in a pocket or purse. Older cards develop characteristic creases from long folding.
Crown registry counters **cross-check marriage filings against both crown records and all six duchy records** for prior joint contracts. A prior contract in any duchy blocks a new filing until the prior contract is resolved.
### Marriage Filing Procedure (Summary)
1. Both parties present themselves at a duchy-seat crown registry counter during posted hours.
2. Filing fee (amount varies by duchy; **six silvers in Sudermere / Drenwick**).
3. Name exchange — clerk records each party's name from their own statement.
4. Papers exchange — clerk verifies crown papers against the reference plate.
5. Clerk reads the standard clause, asks about existing joint contracts across the crown and six duchies.
6. Clerk stamps the page at the filing minute.
7. **Ten-day waiting period** (amount varies by duchy; **ten days in Sudermere / Drenwick**) before the contract takes full legal effect. Automatic — no return visit required.
8. Parties are handed one copy of the filing.
Non-religious default. Ceremonial add-ons (rings, pastors, feasts) are not part of the civil procedure.
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## The Crown and the Compact