Asked to officiate a wedding in Montana? Check out these 5 must-know officiant registration facts before officiating a wedding in Montana. We cover all the important things you need to know to officiate a legal wedding. 6,618 Montana 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 Montana.
This is the relevant exerpt from the Montana Code Annotated § 40-1-301.
" (1) A marriage may be solemnized by a judge of a court of record, by a public official whose powers include solemnization of marriages, by a mayor, city judge, or justice of the peace, by a tribal judge, or in accordance with any mode of solemnization recognized by any religious denomination, Indian nation or tribe, or native group. Either the person solemnizing the marriage or, if no individual acting alone solemnized the marriage, a party to the marriage shall complete the marriage certificate form and forward it to the clerk of the district court. "
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 Montana.
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The Montana Government does not license, register, or certify ministers or wedding officiants. Officiant registration is not required in Montana to officiate a wedding.
The Montana Government does not have any office that licenses, registers, or certifies wedding officiants.
All Wedding Officiants in Montana must be at least 18 years old.
As there is no officiant registration required in Montana, 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 Montana Officiant Ceremony Preparation page.
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