It does NOT have to be a person who is legally authorized to marry people who conducts a vow renewal.
As long as a couple is already legally married, anyone can stand with them to act as their officiant. They key here is to be certain that the couple really is legally married.
A vow renewal ceremony looks approximately the same as a wedding ceremony. Some couples use a vow renewal to hide the fact that they were legally married secretly, so they want the vow renewal to look and sound like they're just getting married.
This opinion is expressed as a Connecticut Justice of the Peace. |
| Messages in this Thread |
|  Any FL NotRoters around Sanibel wanna marry me? -  Roger_OH on 8/2/11 9:11pm |
|  We can't do vow renewals in our capacity as notaries - FlaNotary2 on 8/2/11 9:19pm |
|  Aaah, that would make sense. - NJDiva on 8/2/11 9:23pm |
| Since you don't need to be a minister - Shoshana/AZ on 8/2/11 11:42pm |
 |  Shoshana/AZ is correct. - Ernest__CT on 8/3/11 12:16am |
|  I consider it fraud when a couple leads an audience to - FlaNotary2 on 8/3/11 8:00am |
|  "Handbook is clear" - where? I don't see it.. n/m - Linda_H/FL on 8/3/11 8:15am |
|  Florida notaries can not perform a marriage without a - FlaNotary2 on 8/3/11 11:30am |
|  "a notary can not participate in a safe-sex ceremony in his/ n/m - NJDiva on 8/3/11 12:23pm |
|  oops...lol...hate when I push enter before it's time...lol - NJDiva on 8/3/11 12:25pm |
|  Was that safe? LOL n/m - jba/fl on 8/3/11 4:24pm |
| They have a ceremony for safe sex in Florida? n/m - taxpro on 8/3/11 1:01pm |
| Heck, when I was a kid , "safe sex" just meant not doing - Bob_Chicago on 8/3/11 1:49pm |
| Eh, slip of the finger n/m - FlaNotary2 on 8/3/11 2:14pm |
| Interesting - clerks can perform a vow renewal if presented - Linda_H/FL on 8/3/11 4:03pm |
| If clerks in some counties are doing this, they shouldn't be - FlaNotary2 on 8/3/11 9:18pm |
| Re: If clerks in some counties are doing this, they shouldn't be - jba/fl on 8/3/11 9:47pm |
|  ugh: bruhing my teeth = brushing my teeth n/m - jba/fl on 8/3/11 9:51pm |
| Re: I consider it fraud when a couple leads an audience to - Sylvia_FL on 8/3/11 1:23pm |
| A vow renewal is not a notarial act, Sylvia. - FlaNotary2 on 8/3/11 2:13pm |
| And vow renewals are not marriages! - Sylvia_FL on 8/3/11 2:20pm |
| Where does the law say notaries CAN perform vow renewals? - FlaNotary2 on 8/3/11 2:32pm |
| Don't want to get into a argument abaout Fl notary law, but - Bob_Chicago on 8/3/11 3:20pm |
| I would agree with you Bob, but I think Sylvia is - FlaNotary2 on 8/3/11 3:21pm |
|  Sylvia just got a cast on her arm, so I will presume to - Bob_Chicago on 8/3/11 3:32pm |
|  Mickey Mouse or Kiosh Kenny could do it even if - Notarysigner on 8/3/11 4:07pm |
| Re: Sylvia just got a cast on her arm, so I will presume to - Sylvia_FL on 8/3/11 7:30pm |
| But, Roger still needs a notary/vows. :) - BrendaTx on 8/3/11 8:37am |
| Re: Any FL NotRoters around Sanibel wanna marry me? - KSMONotary on 8/3/11 9:32am |
| Recommendation: - MistarellaFL on 8/3/11 11:58am |
