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elsan138 Posted: Dec 19, 2012 10:50 AM+

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Posted: Dec 19, 2012 10:50 AM

Officiant

Hey ladies!
We decided since we aren't very religious people that we were going to have a family member get ordained to become a minister. This family member did get ordained online but is there anything else that I need to know?? Lol I feel like it was too easy. I googled it and it says in NYC that anyone who gets ordained has to register with the town as an officiant. But I can't find anything about the Long Island area! Any help would be appreciated!

Ps - 11 days :))

JojoBride Posted: Dec 19, 2012 10:55 AM+

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Posted: Dec 19, 2012 10:55 AM

Officiant

OMG you are getting married this month...how exciting! I heard you can get ordained online easily but I never heard anything about registering with state....sorry

vppjzv Posted: Dec 19, 2012 01:42 PM+

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Posted: Dec 19, 2012 01:42 PM

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BrideToB Posted: Dec 20, 2012 01:32 PM+

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Posted: Dec 20, 2012 01:32 PM

Re: Officiant

I could totally be wrong, but my officiant told me that NY State doesn't recognize 'online' ordained officiants. Here is something I found with the law. I really don't know much about this so don't take my word for it, but I would just research it a bit more.

http://www.ulc.co/new-york-state-marriage-laws-a-31.html