Fla. Stat. 741.07
Persons authorized to solemnize matrimony

(1)

All regularly ordained ministers of the gospel or elders in communion with some church, or other ordained clergy, and all judicial officers, including retired judicial officers, clerks of the circuit courts, and notaries public of this state may solemnize the rights of matrimonial contract, under the regulations prescribed by law. Nothing in this section shall make invalid a marriage which was solemnized by any member of the clergy, or as otherwise provided by law prior to July 1, 1978.

(2)

Any marriage which may be had and solemnized among the people called “Quakers,” or “Friends,” in the manner and form used or practiced in their societies, according to their rites and ceremonies, shall be good and valid in law; and wherever the words “minister” and “elder” are used in this chapter, they shall be held to include all of the persons connected with the Society of Friends, or Quakers, who perform or have charge of the marriage ceremony according to their rites and ceremonies.

Source: Section 741.07 — Persons authorized to solemnize matrimony, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0741.­07 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

741.01
County court judge or clerk of the circuit court to issue marriage license 741.02
Additional fee 741.03
County court judge or clerk of the circuit court not to send out marriage license signed in blank 741.04
Issuance of marriage license 741.05
Penalty for violation of s 741.07
Persons authorized to solemnize matrimony 741.08
Marriage not to be solemnized without a license 741.09
Record of license and certificate 741.10
Proof of marriage where no certificate available 741.011
Installment payments 741.21
Incestuous marriages prohibited 741.23
Husband not liable for wife’s torts 741.24
Civil action against parents 741.28
Domestic violence 741.29
Domestic violence 741.30
Domestic violence 741.31
Violation of an injunction for protection against domestic violence 741.32
Batterers’ intervention programs 741.041
Marriage license application valid for 60 days 741.211
Common-law marriages void 741.212
Marriages between persons of the same sex 741.235
Doctrine of interspousal tort immunity abrogated 741.281
Court to order batterers’ intervention program attendance 741.283
Minimum term of imprisonment for domestic violence 741.0305
Marriage fee reduction for completion of premarital preparation course 741.0306
Creation of a family law handbook 741.311
Hope Card Program for persons issued orders of protection 741.313
Unlawful action against employees seeking protection 741.315
Recognition of foreign protection orders 741.316
Domestic violence fatality review teams 741.325
Requirements for batterers’ intervention programs 741.327
Certification and monitoring of batterers’ intervention programs 741.401
Legislative findings 741.402
Definitions 741.403
Address confidentiality program 741.404
Certification cancellation 741.405
Agency use of designated address 741.406
Voting by program participant 741.408
Assistance for program applicants 741.409
Adoption of rules 741.465
Public records exemption for the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic Violence 741.2901
Domestic violence cases 741.2902
Domestic violence 741.3165
Certain information exempt from disclosure 741.4651
Public records exemption

Current through Fall 2025

§ 741.07. Persons authorized to solemnize matrimony's source at flsenate​.gov