Resource: Saying ‘I Do’ in Park City

If you’re planning on tying the knot in Park City (and making it legally official here), below are a few helpful tidbits of info for you:

Getting your Marriage License

Making it official in Park City is actually quite simple. Whether you’re getting married in a church or mountainside, you’ll need a marriage license from the State of Utah, signed by an ordained minister on the Wedding Day. You’ll just need to get this within 30 days of the actual wedding date, so our clients usually take care of this during the week prior to the Wedding when they get in town.

You can physically go into the courthouse, OR you can do this online, it’s super convenient and you and your Officiant will just complete the information on your favorite device. Both Partners will need their ID and a few other bits of personal information, and then on the wedding day, you’ll complete the process on your phones and your witnesses will even complete their signatures digitally.

Here is the link to the online process

If you prefer to go the old fashioned route and would like to actually sign a paper license on your Wedding Day, you’ll need to go to either the Salt Lake, Coalville or Heber courthouse to complete your application and get your papers to sign on the Wedding Day. Once everyone has signed on the big day, your Officiant will complete the process and be responsible for getting your application sent to the State of Utah. You’ll receive the actual certificate in the mail from the State of Utah.

Locations to get your Marriage License in person:

Salt Lake County Clerk

2001 State Street South Building

First, Floor, S2-200, Salt Lake City, UT 84190

Instructions to book your appointment here

Summit County Clerk - Coalville Location

60 N. Main Street
P.O. Box 128
Coalville, UT 84017

Instructions to book your appointment here

Wasatch County Clerk - Heber Location

25 North Main
Heber City, Utah 84032

Instructions to book your appointment here

Who is going to marry you?

If you’re not getting married in a Church, you can absolutely have a friend or family member be your officiant. If you’re going to have them sign your marriage license, and make it legal, they do need to be ordained. Send them over to the good ol’ Universal Life Church and they can take care of the paperwork and in a few easy steps be ordained.

Things to keep in mind if you’re going to leave this responsibility in the hands of a friend or family:

It is not common to have a “podium” at the ceremony. They will need to have a nice sleek booklet ready to go holding the ceremony verbiage and your vows.
This is not the time to trust technology. The sun shines bright during outdoor ceremonies, making the glare off an ipad or a phone next to impossible. Additionally, technology always seems to fail us at the most inopportune moments, so if an ipad is going to fail, freeze or overheat… this is likely the moment.
Whoever your officiant is, will need to be a decently confident public speaker, and we’ll also want to ensure they can roll with any last minute changes. Things like weather can affect timing and we’ll need to count on your officiant to be flexible and make adjustments on the fly to accommodate you and your guests on the wedding day.
We will always make sure your Officiant is miked up. Typically, we like to have a lapel mic on the officiant and the Groom. If the wind gets intense, the AV tech will switch to a handheld microphone with a windscreen on it and your Officiant will need to be able to manage this well.
Your Officiant is in charge of creating your ceremony with you and keeping the Ceremony rolling along on the Wedding Day.
Bonus points if your Officiant can start the Ceremony with a “no cell phone” announcement, and end it with an invitation to the guests to move to Cocktail Hour (after the Wedding Party recesses of course!).
If you ultimately decide you’d rather trust a professional for this important task, let me know and I’ll help you find a fabulous professional Officiant for your Park City Wedding.

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