Asked to officiate a wedding in Florida? Check out these 5 must-know officiant registration facts before officiating a wedding in Florida. We cover all the important things you need to know to officiate a legal wedding. 61,001 Florida AMM Ministers and counting!
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The facts below cover all the important aspects of what requirements you need to meet to be able to legally officiate a wedding ceremony in Florida.
This is the relevant exerpt from the Florida Statutes § 741.07.
" (1) All regularly ordained ministers of the gospel or elders in communion with some church, or other ordained clergy, and all judicial officers, including retired judicial officers, clerks of the circuit courts, and notaries public of this state may solemnize the rights of matrimonial contract, under the regulations prescribed by law. Nothing in this section shall make invalid a marriage which was solemnized by any member of the clergy, or as otherwise provided by law prior to July 1, 1978. "
Basically, this means that as long as you are ordained through any church, you can officiate weddings.
Yes. All online ordained ministers, including those ordained through AMM are recognized in Florida.
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The Florida Government does not license, register, or certify ministers or wedding officiants. Officiant registration is not required in Florida to officiate a wedding.
The Florida Government does not have any office that licenses, registers, or certifies wedding officiants.
All Wedding Officiants in Florida must be at least 18 years old.
As there is no officiant registration required in Florida, once ordained your next step is to start preparing to officiate the wedding. If you have not officiated a wedding before, or it has been a while, check out our Florida Officiant Ceremony Preparation page.
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