Los Angeles, California

Officiant & Ceremony

In Los Angeles: California issues two different marriage licenses and you choose between them, which almost no couple knows. A public license costs $91 and requires at least one witness present who signs, and the record is public. A confidential license, under Family Code sections 500 to 536, costs $85, requires no witness at all, and is sealed so that only the two of you can order a copy. Eloping on a bluff with nobody else there is not working around the rules; it is the license the state wrote for exactly that. There is no waiting period and no blood test, the license is valid 90 days, and it may be used anywhere in California, so a license issued here covers a ceremony elsewhere in the state. Both of you appear together with photo ID, by appointment. A civil ceremony at the office is $35, the office will supply a witness for $20, and $75 deputizes a friend or relative to perform the ceremony legally. This list runs short here because officiants remain largely a word-of-mouth market.

0 listings · checked August 2026

Churches and congregations

These are places of worship rather than for-hire officiants. Many will marry members of their own congregation, or couples willing to join and complete a marriage preparation course, and some will not marry non-members at all. Several also price the building, the clergy and the musician separately. Ask early what they require of you — policy varies widely between denominations, and between individual congregations of the same denomination.

• Calvary Chapel Santa Clarita — Santa Clarita · ccsantaclarita.com · (661) 888-1373
• Christ Chapel of Long Beach — Long Beach · christchapellongbeach.org · (562) 438-5303
• Grace Chapel — Inglewood · gracechapelsocal.org · (310) 677-5962
• Hope Chapel Del Rey Foursquare — Los Angeles · hopedelrey.org · (310) 337-7510
• St Augustine By The Sea Church — Santa Monica · saint-augustine.org · (310) 395-0977

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