{"id":1353,"date":"2015-07-18T18:18:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T18:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2018-06-13T16:58:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T16:58:10","slug":"officiants-who-mess-up-marriage-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/officiants-who-mess-up-marriage-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Officiants Who Mess Up the Marriage License"},"content":{"rendered":"

CALL (310) 882-5039 or (562) 547-3255<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been authorized by the LA Registrar Recorder – County Clerk to issue California confidential marriage licenses for many years. Not only am I a wedding officiant, but I am a specialized notary public.\u00a0 To maintain that status I am required to\u00a0take a class every year and pass a\u00a0test to make sure I know what I\u2019m doing and that I am following the current law and the requirements set forth by the County.\u00a0 Only then can I renew my specialized authority to issue marriage licenses.<\/p>\n

Precision, while satisfying the\u00a0County Clerk\u2019s detailed requirements, is extremely important so that an issued marriage license does not contain any fraudulent or incorrect information. That\u2019s why I request from every bride and groom that their information is correct and spelled correctly. It\u2019s important. Every mistake may cost you another marriage license or even invalidate your marriage.<\/p>\n

Every marriage license I issue takes time and concentration on my part to make sure that it is neat, clear, correct\u00a0and well understood. I have been an attorney for over 20 years so that sort of precision has become second nature to me.<\/p>\n

Once in a while a mistake occurs and it takes a\u00a0significant amount of time to correct it. I have been called by many couples who thought they were married by another officiant only to find that their officiant incorrectly completed their marriage certificate at the bottom of their marriage license, or that their officiant\u00a0never filed their marriage\u00a0license and certificate with the County after their wedding day.\u00a0 I have even been asked to\u00a0\u201cremarry\u201d couples long\u00a0after their big wedding ceremony because their priest or minister never filed their marriage license and certificate because he\u00a0did not understand his responsibility in filling out the marriage license and too much time had passed file the certificate or to purchase a duplicate marriage license from the County Clerk.<\/p>\n

If a specialized notary makes too many errors in any six month audit period the County Clerk\u2019s Office will place them on probation.\u00a0 If they continue to make\u00a0errors at an impermissible rate the\u00a0County will suspend their ability to issue marriage licenses for six months\u00a0or forever<\/em> depending upon how many mistakes were made. So\u00a0if you meet an officiant who used to issue marriage licenses but no longer does so, it probably means that they made too many mistakes on their marriage licenses.<\/p>\n

I am very proud to say that I have never been placed on probation or suspended and that my relationship with the County Clerk\u2019s Office is a respectful one. I see everyone in their office at least once a week because I am one of the only officiants who hands\u00a0each\u00a0signed marriage licenses to the wonderful folks who work at the LA County Clerk Registrar Recorder. I don’t trust the mail, and it\u2019s important to me that\u00a0each signed marriage license and certificate\u00a0get hand delivered to make sure that they are received by a human, and that you get your marriage certificate copies in a timely manner.<\/p>\n

Because I take pride in what I do, and am discreet, I do officiate many celebrity weddings and issue confidential marriage licenses to protect their information and privacy. Their attorneys trust me. And to me, that trust is what makes it all worth it.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/em><\/strong> I have to tell you, that this issue of marriage license mistakes continues through this last year. Even though I provide thorough information with the marriage license for the officiant who signs it, many problems have occurred this year from wedding officiants who put the wrong information in the wrong boxes, to ministers not putting the right denomination in the box, to wedding ministers losing the marriage license. Many brides and grooms have called me in a panic even though it was not me who messed up the marriage license. One couple was horrified to find that their marriage license issuer who smudged their notary stamp on the wedding license died and getting a duplicate license required that officiant’s help. \ud83d\ude44 Sigh! All it takes is being careful and understanding that this legal document, if screwed up or misread or lost, can be a bigger hassle to correct than you think.<\/p>\n

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Click below to find more information about getting a marriage license in California:<\/strong>
\nCalifornia Marriage License Information<\/a>
\nCan I Get a Marriage License After Our Wedding Ceremony?<\/a>
\nConfidential Marriage License California<\/a>
\nConfidential Marriage License vs Public Marriage License<\/a>
\nCopy of California Marriage License<\/a>
\nDo You Get a Marriage License Before Or After The Wedding?<\/a>
\nGetting a Copy of the Marriage Certificate<\/a>
\nHow Much Does a Marriage License Cost in Los Angeles, California<\/a>
\nMarriage License and Marriage Certificate Precision<\/a>
\nMarriage Requirements in California<\/a>
\nOrange County Marriage License <\/a>
\nSubmit Your Los Angeles County Marriage License Information<\/a>
\nThe Wedding Laws California<\/a>
\nWhat Happens After You Sign Your Marriage License?<\/a>
\nWhat is a Confidential Marriage License in California?<\/a>
\nWhen You Forgot to Get a Marriage License Before Your Wedding<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CALL (310) 882-5039 or (562) 547-3255 I have been authorized by the LA Registrar Recorder – County Clerk to issue California confidential marriage licenses for many years. Not only am I a wedding officiant, but I am a specialized notary public.\u00a0 To maintain that status I am required to\u00a0take a class every year and pass …Click Here to Read More…<\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[115,329],"class_list":["post-1353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marriage-license","tag-marriage-certificate","tag-marriage-license"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2010,"href":"https:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions\/2010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/officiantguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}