does anyone know if notary publics in the state of Georgia can legally perform marriage ceremonies?
598886
No they can't. In some states, a justice of the peace can perform marriages. Georgia is one of those states.\n\nG\nGeorgia\nLicensed or ordained ministers, clergymen, or pastors of recognized religious societies, and justices of the peace.
488083
Specify wich Georgia.
758162
You can't...and if you found one...it is a fraud..you have to go to your local parish/county courthouse and get it in person and both you and your fiance need to be there. Check your state laws to see how many days before your wedding you will need to have the license and in how many days does it expire. So you don't go too early or too late.
231589
A law designing to allow individual states to ignore gay marriages allowed by another state.  Normally, the Constitution requires that one state recognize the legality of the laws of another state, so that if you are married in Texas you are married in Alabama, etc.  The "protection of marriage" act siad that if, e.g., Massachusetts allows gay marriages, it is ok for Georgis to say the marriage is not valid in Georgia.\n\nIt remains to be seen if the Act is Constitutional.
519995
State laws regulate who is authorized to legally witness a marriage certificate and you may not have any such authority, if you are asking from a legal viewpoint.\n\nA notary is a witness, he is not a participant. You shouldn't have to say anything other than "May I see some identification, please?" prior to them signing the agreement.\n\nIf you are asking from a social viewpoint, it's considered polite to at least sign the guest book and give the newlyweds a nice card.
401162
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_codes_detail.pl?code=1-1-1
86895
The actual act of ordaining someone, legally is the recording of them as ordained in your churches records since it would be illegal for any branch of government to tell you how to ordain someone.\n\nAs a side note being that you are in NYS if you want you Ordained Clergy to solemnize marriages in the state, i would advise you to look at the following statue and case law\n\nNYS Statue, Domestic Relations, Art 3-12\n\nRanieri v Ranieri \nRavenal v Ravenal \nRubino v City of New York
28060
If you wish to be legally wed, you must get a marriage license from the county in which you plan to have the ceremony conducted. If you just want to play house without protecting your legal interests, talk to your Clergyman about a commitment ceremony, but don't gripe when you can't put each other on your health insurance,visit each other in the hospital if one of you gets incapicitated, have to go through hell and back to make funeral arrangements, have trouble getting a mortgage or life insurance and your auto insurance premiums stay the same instead of dropping by nearly 25% if you both have decent driving records.
371664
Not to my understanding. Whatever state you are in has to certify you as a law enforcement officer in that state. A law enforcement officer in Florida will not necessarily be recognized as such in Georgia. So getting certified in state "A" to work in state "B" would be a waste of money.
202569
I think we'd need to find out what state you're looking for.  There is no universal marriage registry.
869520
In most states your marriage license is your proof of marriage.  There are any number of people who can sign a marriage license.  If the judge is an elected official and has jurisdiction in your state then he can sign your license.  You can also take it to a notary public and get it notarized, no need for a wedding at all in some states.  Mayors, Justice of the Peace, Boat Captains all can get you legally married.  The importance to the state is that you file the proper paperwork.
435956
No.  But they do have to have a wedding at the courthouse (like our justice of the peace).  Many have church weddings, but the courthouse wedding is the one that matters to the state.
833187
contact the county clerks office. they have list of officiators who can perform marriages. \n\ncounty clerks can judges. mayors.   call around and ask them.   \n\nyou can find out out to when yo apply for a license to marry.
775040
My mother's boss's husband (that's a mouthful) who's also an old family friend just got ordained online so that he could perform his son's wedding ceremony. It's completely legit as long as you check out the site. Apparently there are some scammy type ways to be ordained online but there are some legitimate ones. I'm actually thinking about him doing my own wedding since we don't attend a specific church and have no minister of our own.
1129170
not if you live in Georgia
615003
Go to the state website and look under government or living and working in GA.  \n\nOr if you have a specific city you are locating to, look on that city website and look under government and call the clerk for info.
1048654
I'm starting to wonder.  Noticed several fireworks stands set up IN GEORGIA the last few days.  Hadn't heard that it was now legal...\n\nWhatever you do, BE SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE! :)