# Fla. Stat. § 741.07: 741.07 Persons authorized to solemnize matrimony

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.07

## Section

- **Citation:** Fla. Stat. § 741.07
- **Heading:** 741.07 Persons authorized to solemnize matrimony
- **Jurisdiction:** Florida
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 741 / Section 741.07

## Text

(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.

History: s. 1, Nov. 2, 1829; s. 2, ch. 1127, 1861; RS 2056; GS 2575; RGS 3934; CGL 5853; s. 1, ch. 28104, 1953; s. 1, ch. 74-372; s. 1, ch. 78-15; s. 34, ch. 95-401.

## Nearby sections

- [Fla. Stat. § 741.01 741.01 County court judge or clerk of the circuit court to issue marriage license; fee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.01.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.02 741.02 Additional fee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.02.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.03 741.03 County court judge or clerk of the circuit court not to send out marriage license signed in blank.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.03.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.04 741.04 Issuance of marriage license.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.04.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.05 741.05 Penalty for violation of s. 741.03 or s. 741.04(2).](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.05.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.07 741.07 Persons authorized to solemnize matrimony.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.07.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.08 741.08 Marriage not to be solemnized without a license.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.08.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.09 741.09 Record of license and certificate.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.09.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.10 741.10 Proof of marriage where no certificate available.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.10.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.011 741.011 Installment payments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.011.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.21 741.21 Incestuous marriages prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.21.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.23 741.23 Husband not liable for wife’s torts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.23.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.24 741.24 Civil action against parents; willful destruction or theft of property by minor.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.24.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 741.28 741.28 Domestic violence; definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIII_C741_S741.28.md)

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