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Arizona Marriage Officiant | Steven Conn
A U.S. Veteran and ordained minister authorized to solemnize marriages in Arizona, Steven Conn runs a Scottsdale-based officiant service aimed at c…
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Elopement Officiants in Arizona
6 elopement officiants serving Arizona couples planning an elopement or micro wedding.
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AZ Weddings By Amy
Couples planning a small Arizona ceremony will find a seasoned voice in Amy Stephens, the minister behind AZ Weddings By Amy. Her website notes she…
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Ceremony of Love
For a red rock ceremony with the logistics already solved, Ceremony of Love packages Sedona elopements and micro-weddings for groups of up to 15 gu…
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Heart of Sedona Weddings
Rev. Andrew Murphy officiates and Laura Marolakos plans at Heart of Sedona Weddings, a Sedona outfit that treats an elopement as a full event rathe…
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Sedona Elopement Weddings
Few Sedona vendors publish a price sheet as detailed as this one. Sedona Elopement Weddings posts its full menu online, starting with a Simple Offi…
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The Marriage Minister
James Spalten officiates under the name The Marriage Minister from his base in Tucson, traveling throughout Arizona for ceremonies of every size, i…
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Who can legally marry you in Arizona
Statute decides this one. Under A.R.S. 25-124, marriages may be solemnized by licensed or ordained clergy, judges of courts of record, municipal court judges, justices of the peace, and a list of federal judges — and the law defines clergy by the customs and rules of the religious organization itself, which is why ministers ordained online through groups like American Marriage Ministries or Universal Life Church routinely officiate Arizona weddings. There is no state registration step for officiants.
What you cannot do is marry yourselves. Arizona offers no self-uniting option, and A.R.S. 25-125 requires an officiant plus two witnesses who are at least eighteen to sign before the completed license goes back to the issuing court for recording. A friend can absolutely perform your ceremony — they just need ordination in hand before the day, and carrying proof of it is a smart precaution even though clerks don't vet officiants at issuance.
If you'd rather separate legalities from celebration, several superior courts offer brief civil ceremonies performed by judges or commissioners for a modest fee, so the gathering out among the rocks stays purely symbolic.
Planning budgets too? See elopement packages in Arizona.