Suffolk County Officiant Rules

Re: Suffolk County Officiant Rules

• Hummingbird125 member

  

  October 2014

  Sorry I don't have an answer for you, but I'm planning on doing the same thing, so please share any info you find! 

  
  

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• lindaustin member

  

  October 2014

  Hi brides! 
  I just got married, we had our family friend become an officiant just to marry us! It made the ceremony that much more special, and it saved us hundreds!
  
  We got our marriage license from the Town of Oyster Bay, but the ceremony was performed in Setauket.
  
  The best way to go about this is to call the town you plan on getting your legal marriage license filed in, and ask if they accept a marriage to be performed by an ordained minister in the "xxxx (whatever church, organization they get ordained in).
  
  Our officiant was ordained in the Universal Life Church: http://www.ulc.org/ordination/
  
  So in short, you have to ask the town, village, whatever that you plan on getting your MARRIAGE LICENSE registered in, not from the county.
  
  hope this helps! Happy planning--
  

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• sames52915 member

  

  October 2014

  thanks!!

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• Hummingbird125 member

  

  October 2014

  @lindaustin - Thanks so much! I'm getting married in Setauket too! This is probably a silly question - but can you file your marriage license in any town/county in NY? Does it not matter what town you're actually having the ceremony performed in?

  
  

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• sames52915 member

  

  October 2014

  @hummingbird125 that is actually a great question, I've been wondering it myself!
  

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• Hummingbird125 member

  

  October 2014

  @sames52915

  
  

  Looks like you can get it anywhere in NY state...

  
  

  http://www.usmarriagelaws.com/search/united_states/new_york/marriage_licenses/index.shtml
  

  
  

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