Minnesota Officiants - Justice of the Peace (JP)

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In Minnesota, a licensed wedding officiant must file an application at their county service center. The officiant is then licensed for all the counties in the state.

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)

Typical venues for weddings include churches, chapels, parks, backyard gardens, mansions, boats, cruises, private homes and a variety of additional, creative locations. Samples of recent venues are:

Calhoun Beach Club in Minneapolis
Cinema Ballroom in St. Paul
Radisson Hotel in Plymouth
Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center
Mill City Museum in Minneapolis
Noerenberg Gardens in Wayzata
Normandale Japanese Garden in Bloomington
The Wilds in Prior Lake
Loring Pasta Bar in Minneapolis
Millenium Garden in Plymouth
Como Park Conservatory in St. Paul
Brooklyn Park Community Center in Brooklyn Park
Crown Plaza Hotel in Minneapolis
Bayview Event Center in Excelsior
The Semple Mansion in Minneapolis
The Summit Mansion in St. Paul
Stonebrooke Golf Club in Shakopee
Majestic Oaks Golf Club in Ham Lake
Interlachen Country Club in Edina
Embassy Suites Hotel in Bloomington
Millenium Hotel in Minneapolis
The Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska
Blaisdell Manor in Minneapolis
Harriet Island Pavillion in St. Paul
Ivy Hotel in Minneapolis
Stoneridge Golf Club in Stillwater
IDS in Minneapolis
Woodbury Community Center in Woodbury

Other communities served are: Apple Valley, Blaine, Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Burnsville, Columbia Heights, Cottage Grove, Eagan, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Excelsior, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Inver Grove Heights, Maple Grove, Minneapolis (Mpls), Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Roseville, St. Louis Park, St. Paul, Stillwater, Wayzata, Woodburyand other Twin Cities locations. The counties included are: Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Anoka, Washington and Scott.

P.O. Box 80777 Minneapolis, MN 55408 | (612) 825-4432