Family as officiant

This will depend on your state/county. My best friend married us and she just needed to get ordained online, this was in California.

Check with the rules in your state. In my state, my husband's uncle just got a free ordination from the Universal Life Church.

Check local laws very carefully. Online ordainment is legal in NYC however not on Long Island. Some localities will only allow religious officiants, judges, and like mayors.

You will have to check the rules for the state/county that you plan on getting married in. I know in the state we got married in it had to be a religious figure, judge, or mayor.

As others have said, you need to ask this if the specific county where you will be married. Please don’t take advice from the internet as laws differ and one couple’s experience may be completely irrelevant to someone in another state/county!

Really depends on where you are getting married & what’s required. My sister got ordained so she could perform my daughter’s ceremony.

Thanks all I have a notary that would be signing the license and certificate separate from performing the ceremony itself. It doesn’t sound like the same person has to perform the ceremony and sign the certificate

View Quoted Comment Have you verified this with your state and county? I believe most states do require that the person performing the ceremony be the one that signs the license.