Orange County, California

Officiant & Ceremony

In Orange County: Zero officiants are listed in this category. That's an honest result, not a gap: the crawl found no standalone ceremony businesses in Orange County that met this annex's criteria, so what's printed beneath this heading is a labeled block of congregations, and the actual work of finding someone to perform your ceremony is usually handled by your planner, your venue's own coordinator, or the county itself. On that last point: Orange County's Clerk-Recorder performs a civil ceremony for $28.00, capped at 20 guests total including everyone in the room, with one witness required and booking done online only. A marriage license here is valid statewide for 90 days regardless of which county issued it — a public license costs $61.00, a confidential one $66.00 and requires no witness but is open only to a couple already living together as spouses. Unlike some California counties, Orange County does not offer a program to deputize a friend as a one-day commissioner, so a friend performing your ceremony needs their own ordination, not a county appointment.

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.

• Church of the Messiah — Santa Ana · messiah-santaana.org · (714) 543-9389
• Living Hope Community Church — Brea · livinghopecc.org · (562) 694-2100
• Saint Joseph Church Loaves and Fishes — Santa Ana · stjosephsa.org · (714) 542-4411
• St Paul's Episcopal Church — Tustin · stpauls.org · (714) 544-3141
• St. Clement's By-The-Sea Episcopal Church — San Clemente · scbythesea.org · (949) 492-3401

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