Des Moines & Central Iowa, Iowa

Officiant & Ceremony

In Des Moines & Central Iowa: One (1) officiant and ceremony vendor is listed, in Grinnell, with 4 labeled alternatives below the listings that are congregations rather than officiant services, and they are where to start. Officiant services typically run $150 to $650. Iowa Code 595.10 permits solemnization by a judge of the Iowa supreme court, court of appeals or district court, including a district associate judge, associate juvenile judge, judicial magistrate or senior judge, or by a person ordained or designated as a leader of their religious faith. The statute read here imposes no registration step on officiants. How central Iowa recorders treat online ordination is not settled by any statute available to us, so confirm it with the specific county recorder before the day. The Polk County Recorder publishes $35 for the license and $15 for each certified-copy request, and fees at other central Iowa recorders are not published consistently, so $35 is not a statewide rate. Polk requires the couple and one witness, 18 or older and acquainted with you, to come into the office; where a party cannot appear, a mailed or printed application completed before a notary is accepted. Iowa Code 595.4 requires at least one affidavit from a competent, disinterested person as to age and qualification.

1 listing · checked October 2026

• Iowa Wedding Officiant — Grinnell · iowaweddingofficiant.com · (641) 831-2111

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 Living Hope — West Des Moines · cclivinghope.com · (515) 553-9739
• Faith Lutheran Church — Clive · faithlc.org · (515) 225-8334
• Gloria Dei Lutheran Church — Urbandale · gdlc.church · (515) 276-1700
• St. John's by the Campus Episcopal Church — Ames · stjohns-ames.org · (515) 292-6655

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