517.05 Credentials Of Minister Ministers of any religious denomination, before they are authorized to solemnize a civil marriage, shall file a copy of their credentials of license or ordination or if their religious denomination does not issue credentials, authority from the minister's spiritual assembly, with the local registrar of a county in this state, who shall record the same and give a certificate of filing thereof. The place where the credentials are recorded shall be endorsed upon and recorded with each certificate of civil marriage granted by a minister.
To file an Ordination Document or a License to preform Marriages, provide the County Recorder with one of the following:
1. Ordination Document
2. License to preform Marriages
A "Certificate of Filling" with an original signature must also accompany your document submitted for filing.
Minister Ordination Registration fee is $20.00.
*In order to preform Marriages in this State, an Ordination Document or a License must be filed in any County within the State of Minnesota. Per statute*
