Albuquerque & Santa Fe, New Mexico

Officiant & Ceremony

In Albuquerque & Santa Fe: Zero (0) dedicated officiant vendors turned up on this crawl. The labeled alternatives below the listings are churches and congregations, answered by contacting the church directly rather than by hiring a listed vendor. New Mexico is unusually friendly on the legal side. The license is $55, set by statute and uniform in every county, with no waiting period and no expiration; that non-expiring license is unusual enough to say out loud, because most states run 30 to 90 days. Both parties must appear together in person to pick it up, and two witnesses over 18 must be present at the ceremony. The ceremony may be held in any New Mexico county, but the signed license must be returned to the county that issued it; the officiant has ninety days to return it. Judges, justices and magistrates by state statute charge no fee for solemnizing a marriage; the Santa Fe County Probate Judge performs ceremonies free of charge in English or Spanish and will supply both witnesses on request. For an elopement, the entire legal cost of getting married here is $55.

0 listings · checked September 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 Duke City — Albuquerque · ccdukecity.church · (505) 243-2025
• Calvary Chapel New Harvest — Los Lunas · calvarynhll.com · (505) 866-9832
• Cathedral of St John — Albuquerque · stjohnsabq.org · (505) 247-1581
• New Hope Full Gospel Baptist Church — Albuquerque · newhopeabq.org · (505) 881-7780
• St Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church — Albuquerque · stfrancisxavierparishabq.org · (505) 243-5201

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