Posted by Tammy Carter on 10/6/08 2:26pm
Msg #266512

Marriage Ceremonies

Can someone please explaine to me how a Notary can perform a wedding.

Reply by Tony_FL on 10/6/08 2:30pm
Msg #266514

Florida, South Carolina and Maine

all allow Notaries Public to solemnize marriages. Our authority comes from the state.

Reply by Becca_FL on 10/6/08 2:30pm
Msg #266515

Notaries in CA can NOT perform weddings...

but ordained ministers can.

Florida notaries can perform wedding ceremonies and I do. Do a search here as this was discussed a few weeks ago.

Reply by notaryinmo on 10/6/08 2:31pm
Msg #266517

Does CA law allow a Notary Public to conduct marriage ceremonies? If I were you, I'd check with the SOS or utilize the orange search button to see if this issue has already been addressed. Good luck!

Reply by Charles_Ca on 10/6/08 2:44pm
Msg #266518

Notaries in CA CAN issue marriage licenses and

perform marriages IF they are ordained ministers. But, notaries in CA can issue marriage licenses only if their County Clerk lets them. Check with you County Clerk and see what their process is.

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 10/6/08 2:50pm
Msg #266519

In California? Only if you're authorized under FC 400-402

And notaries are not as part of their usual commission.

See this link for the Family Code: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=fam&group=00001-01000&file=400-402

According to the CA notary Handbook, a notary can only issue a confidential marriage certificate if he/she is authorized to do so by the county clerk. You have to take a class from the clerk (if they offer it) and be specifically authorized to issue the license. That doesn't mean you can actually perform the ceremony, though. In order to do that you have to be one of those listed in the Family Code I linked above.

Reply by Richard Schauer on 10/6/08 3:47pm
Msg #266522

Go http://www.themonastery.org/?destination=colorOrdination or any other of the sites and become ordained. Then anyone can perform marriages. Confidential marriages is with the county clerk, this is performing the marriages.

Reply by NCLisa on 10/6/08 5:24pm
Msg #266536

I'm ordained through "Spiritual Humanism"

http://www.spiritualhumanism.org/