Asked to officiate a wedding in Colorado? Check out these 5 must-know officiant registration facts before officiating a wedding in Colorado. We cover all the important things you need to know to officiate a legal wedding. 25,510 Colorado 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 Colorado.
This is the relevant exerpt from the Colorado Revised Statutes § 14-2-109.
" (1) A marriage may be solemnized by a judge of a court, by a court magistrate, by a retired judge of a court, by a public official whose powers include solemnization of marriages, by the parties to the marriage, or in accordance with any mode of solemnization recognized by any religious denomination or Indian nation or tribe. "
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 Colorado.
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The Colorado Government does not license, register, or certify ministers or wedding officiants. Officiant registration is not required in Colorado to officiate a wedding.
The Colorado Government does not have any office that licenses, registers, or certifies wedding officiants.
All Wedding Officiants in Colorado must be at least 18 years old.
As there is no officiant registration required in Colorado, 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 Colorado Officiant Ceremony Preparation page.
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