Minnesota Licensed Wedding Officiants

In Minnesota, a licensed wedding officiant must file an application at their county service center.

The officials authorized to solemnize marriages include judges, and licensed ministers, priests or rabbis. There are also special provisions for marriage between members of the Bahai, Hindu, Quaker and American Indian religious groups.

Common titles for a wedding officiant are:

• Wedding minister
• Wedding clergy
• Wedding judge
• Wedding Justice of the Peace (JP)
• Marriage officiant
• Marriage minister
• Marriage clergy
• Marriage judge
• Marriage Justice of the Peace (JP)
• Nuptials officiant
• Nuptials minister
• Nuptials clergy
• Nuptials judge
• Nuptials Justice of the Peace (JP)