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Timestamp: 2019-04-26 09:26:07
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 10', '§ 1', '§ 7046', '§ 9026', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 55', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 16', '§ 1']

How to Get Ordained in Arkansas Marriage Laws
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Get Ordained, Register and Perform a wedding or ceremony in Arkansas.
If you are planning to get ordained in Arkansas, need to find a minister in Arkansas or have been asked to perform a wedding ceremony in Arkansas, you've come to the right place.
As an ordained minister with Open Ministry, our ministers have successfully performed thousands of marriages in Arkansas and around the world!
The Ordination and Officiant information is provided below in five steps, is designed help walk you through the most common steps in registering to become a minister for Arkansas and perform a wedding ceremony in Arkansas.
1) Become Ordained as a Minister in Arkansas
2) Contact the County Clerk in Arkansas
3) Get Ordination Credentials for Arkansas
4) How to Perform a Wedding in Arkansas
5) Arkansas State Marriage Officiant Law
How to become an Ordained Minister in Arkansas
Ordination is completely free and can be completed in less than a few hours. Thousands of ministers have registered to perform marriages in Arkansas and other states each year!
Get Ordained in Arkansas
How to Register to Officiate a Marriage in Arkansas
Next, you should contact the office of your local marriage authority (typically your county clerk) in Arkansas. Let them know that you are a minister of Open Ministry in California, and ask what they will require of you to officiate a legal marriage in Arkansas.
License to perform a wedding in Arkansas
After you've contacted your marriage authority, you should visit our bookstore to purchase your official credentials and any required documentation (See Arkansas State Statutes for More Specific Requirements )
When registering in Arkansas you may be asked to display proof of your ordination to the county clerk's before they will accept the marriage license as having been legally solemnized. We typically advise ministers of Arkansas to get a Complete Minister Package for Arkansas which includes your Letter of Good Standing.
It is important to note that some county clerks in Arkansas may require wedding officiants to attach a statement avowing some of the elements in the marriage license upon submission, including the following:
Please note that, when filling out a marriage license, that Arkansas State may request you use the title "Minister" or "Reverend". The County Clerks may also require you enter your denomination, you can use "Non-Denominational". Failing to state a denomination may result in rejection and could require a duplicate marriage license.
State Statutes for Arkansas
Credentials for Registration in Arkansas
9-11-213 Persons who may solemnize marriages
(2) The functions, duties, and liabilities of a party solemnizing marriage, as set forth in the marriage laws of this state, in the case of marriages solemnized through the traditional marriage rite of the Religious Society of Friends shall be incumbent upon the clerk of the congregation or, in his or her absence, his or her duly designated alternate.
Title 9: Family Law - Subtitle 2: Domestic Relations - Chapter 11: Marriage - Subchapter 2: License and Ceremony
Rev. Stat., ch. 94, Â§ 10; Acts 1873, No. 2, Â§ 1, p. 2; C. & M. Dig., Â§ 7046; Pope's Dig., Â§ 9026; Acts 1947, No. 231, Â§ 1; 1977, No. 95, Â§ 2; 1979, No. 693, Â§ 1; 1983, No. 850, Â§ 1; A.S.A. 1947, Â§ 55-216; Acts 1987, No. 394, Â§ 1; 1997, No. 862, Â§ 1; 2001, No. 1068, Â§ 1; 2003, No. 1185, Â§ 16; 2007, No. 98, Â§ 1.
Minister Required to Register with County