Posted by FeliseSoCal on 7/15/11 12:39pm
Msg #389785

Are any CA notaries doing weddings? n/m

Reply by rengel/CA on 7/15/11 12:59pm
Msg #389786

Re: Are any CA notaries doing weddings?

I officiate weddings BUT not as a notary. I am an ordained minister.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 7/15/11 2:13pm
Msg #389789

I didn't think notaries were authorized to solemnize

marriage in CA - strictly as notaries, I mean...

Reply by FeliseSoCal on 7/15/11 2:34pm
Msg #389791

Re: I didn't think notaries were authorized to solemnize

I'm also an ordained minister...I just wondered if this was a potential revenue stream. I haven't used the ministers license for weddings yet. But twice this week I've had clients come to me with marriage docs to notarize so I wondered about combining the two.

Loan signings are not paying the bills these days...trying to be creative.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 7/15/11 2:51pm
Msg #389793

Understood Felise...if you're ordained

why couldn't you do the ceremony - or is it considered a conflict of interest for the notary to be the officiant too..possible I suppose, though I don't see the issue.

Good Luck!!

Reply by Susan Fischer on 7/15/11 3:40pm
Msg #389800

Hat #1 = Notary, stamp, stamp. Hat #2, Minister, officiate,

officiate, creating a new family.

Two things, two hats. I don't see any issues either, Linda.

Reply by John Manning on 7/16/11 11:31am
Msg #389850

Re: I didn't think notaries were authorized to solemnize

Only in Florida, Maine, South Carolina, and 1 parish in Louisiana.

Reply by Correcaminos on 7/15/11 6:46pm
Msg #389824

Re: Are any CA notaries doing weddings?

Here’s my understanding. To solemnize a wedding in California you need your stamp and to be an ordained minister. Want to become an ordained minister? Look up Universal Life Church. A few keystrokes and a few bucks should do it. In Orange County the couple has to secure the wedding license unless the minister is authorized to so. Getting that authorization means getting a very long line, like years. Other counties may be different.

Reply by Shoshana/AZ on 7/16/11 12:15am
Msg #389832

Be sure to get some good training.

The training is really important. It's also inportant to know the law. For example, if couple tells you that they are already married you must see the license. Marrying a couple without a license is a huge no no! The ULC in Modesto may be able to help you with the training part.