Asked to officiate a wedding in Texas? Check out these 5 must-know officiant registration facts before officiating a wedding in Texas. We cover all the important things you need to know to officiate a legal wedding. 112,455 Texas 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 Texas.
This is the relevant exerpt from the TEXAS STATUTES § 2.202.
" (a) The following persons are authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony:
(1) a licensed or ordained Christian minister or priest;
(2) a Jewish rabbi;
(3) a person who is an officer of a religious organization and who is authorized by the organization to conduct a marriage ceremony; and... "
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 Texas.
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The Texas Government does not license, register, or certify ministers or wedding officiants. Officiant registration is not required in Texas to officiate a wedding.
The Texas Government does not have any office that licenses, registers, or certifies wedding officiants.
All Wedding Officiants in Texas must be at least 18 years old.
As there is no officiant registration required in Texas, 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 Texas Officiant Ceremony Preparation page.
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