State of Nevada

Wedding Officiant and Minister Registration

Performing A Marriage Ceremony In Nevada?

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Nevada state law NRS 122.062 requires all ministers and wedding officiants to register for a Certificate of Permission to Perform Marriages prior to performing a ceremony anywhere in the state.

For currently-ordained First Nation ceremonial ministers and Wedding Officiants in good standing, we offer a special local endorsement which will permit you to register with the county clerk's office to legally perform marriage ceremonies in the state. Please note that you must already be ordained through First Nation to receive this endorsement!

NOTE: Clark County (Las Vegas) now registers Officiants locally – you are no longer required to receive our endorsement (a) if you are a permanent resident of Clark County, or (b) if you intend to perform only one ceremony in Clark County, regardless of your place of residence.

Click here for Clark County (Las Vegas) Officiant registration.

Click here to request Nevada endorsement.

The current fee for the Nevada Local Endorsement (NLE) is $24.*

Your NLE package will include the notarized affidavit and all state and local forms required to register in Nevada.

It is a misdemeanor to perform a marriage ceremony without being issued a Certificate of Permission to Perform Marriages in the state of Nevada by a County Clerk.
A Marriage Officiant approved to perform a single wedding in Nevada may only conduct the ceremony in the county where the Certificate of Permission to Perform a Single Marriage was issued.
Any person seeking to obtain a Certificate of Permission to Perform a Single Marriage may not obtain more than five (5) authorizations per calendar year anywhere in Nevada.

Please allow three to five business days for processing and issuing of notarized documents by the church, plus two to four weeks for processing by the county clerk's office in Nevada.

* — The State of Nevada also charges an additional fee for registration, which is collected separately by the county clerk's office.

PLEASE NOTE: This package is only available if you have received complete ordination from First Nation and require the Nevada Local Endorsement. If you have not requested or received ordination, please click here.

Request The Nevada Local Endorsement:

STEP 1:

Please enter the full, legal name of the Officiant as it should appear on the documents:

OFFICIANT'S NAME:

Did you spell your name correctly? Are you 100% sure? (Just checking!)
Please be sure to click the SELECT button before continuing the process.


STEP 2:

Please enter the license number that appears on your current documents:

Don't have your license number handy? No problem! Leave this field blank and we'll look it up for you.


STEP 3:

Where will the ceremony take place in Nevada?

Performing a ceremony in Clark County (Las Vegas)? Click here.


STEP 4:

 
Please select the statement that best describes your current residency:

 

FINAL STEP:


ALL INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL AND WILL NOT BE SHARED WITH ANY OUTSIDE PARTY.