Asked to officiate a wedding in Nebraska? Check out these 5 must-know officiant registration facts before officiating a wedding in Nebraska. We cover all the important things you need to know to officiate a legal wedding. 9,119 Nebraska 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 Nebraska.
This is the relevant exerpt from the Nebraska Revised Statutes § 42-108.
" Every judge, retired judge, clerk magistrate, or retired clerk magistrate, and every preacher of the gospel authorized by the usages of the church to which he or she belongs to solemnize marriages, may perform the marriage ceremony in this state. Every such person performing the marriage ceremony shall make a return of his or her proceedings in the premises, showing the names and residences of at least two witnesses who were present at such marriage. "
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 Nebraska.
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The Nebraska Government does not license, register, or certify ministers or wedding officiants. Officiant registration is not required in Nebraska to officiate a wedding.
The Nebraska Government does not have any office that licenses, registers, or certifies wedding officiants.
All Wedding Officiants in Nebraska must be at least 18 years old.
As there is no officiant registration required in Nebraska, 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 Nebraska Officiant Ceremony Preparation page.
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