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Who can perform a marriage ceremony for a license from Salt Lake County?

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In Salt Lake County, utah limits who may solemnize a marriage to a fixed statutory list: clergy aged 18 or older in regular communion with a religious society, Native American spiritual advisors, the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer and auditor, mayors of municipalities and county executives, judges, court commissioners and magistrates, the county clerk of any Utah county or the clerk's designee, Utah legislators, and members of Utah's congressional delegation. A couple may ask the County Clerk to designate a person of their choosing to officiate a single ceremony within Utah. The Clerk's office also performs ceremonies by appointment for $50. The Clerk publishes contact details for judges who will perform ceremonies. Utah has no general officiant-registration scheme: outside the designee route, a person must already fall inside the statutory list.

Published rule and conditions

Officiant and ceremony rule
Utah limits who may solemnize a marriage to a fixed statutory list: clergy aged 18 or older in regular communion with a religious society, Native American spiritual advisors, the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer and auditor, mayors of municipalities and county executives, judges, court commissioners and magistrates, the county clerk of any Utah county or the clerk's designee, Utah legislators, and members of Utah's congressional delegation. A couple may ask the County Clerk to designate a person of their choosing to officiate a single ceremony within Utah. The Clerk's office also performs ceremonies by appointment for $50.

The Clerk publishes contact details for judges who will perform ceremonies. Utah has no general officiant-registration scheme: outside the designee route, a person must already fall inside the statutory list.

Official requirement

Utah Code Title 30 allows for a County Clerk Designee to solemnize marriages. This option can be utilized to have someone authorized by the County Clerk to officiate at a single marriage ceremony within the State of Utah.

Issuing office

Salt Lake County Clerk, Marriage License Division

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Official sources for this answer

  • MarriageSalt Lake County Clerk - checked July 26, 2026

    Individuals requesting a marriage license who are 16 or 17 years of age must provide a certified birth certificate and have parental or legal guardian consent to be married. The parent or legal guardian must give sworn consent in-person at the time of application and must have proper identification. They must obtain written authorization from a judge of the court exercising juvenile jurisdiction in the county where either party to the marriage resides or a court commissioner as permitted by rule of the Judicial Council. $5.00 per certified copy (legal copy) check or money order payable to the Salt Lake County Clerk.

  • Schedule a Marriage CeremonySalt Lake County Clerk - checked July 26, 2026

    The Salt Lake County Clerk's Office performs marriage ceremonies during business hours for couples with a valid marriage license issued by any county in Utah. A ceremony fee of $50 is required in addition to the $50 marriage license fee (if obtaining a license from Salt Lake County). Both parties. A state driver's license or other valid identification for both parties. Two people age 18 or older to act as witnesses.

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