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Ceremonies With Lisa
Lisa Hunter has officiated Colorado mountain elopements for thirteen years under the name Ceremonies With Lisa, building packages that combine her…
Elopements · Micro Weddings · Adventure Elopements
Elopement Officiants in Colorado
6 elopement officiants serving Colorado couples planning an elopement or micro wedding.
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Colorado Commitments
Operating since 2001, Colorado Commitments is the partnership of Rev. Kristen Hepp and Rev. Laura Curtis, two Boulder-based officiants who have ove…
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Colorado MicroWeddings
Colorado MicroWeddings is a Denver-based company founded by officiant and planner Iver Marjerison that focuses entirely on weddings of zero to abou…
Elopements · Micro Weddings · Adventure Elopements
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Elevate Wedding Officiant
Elevate Wedding Officiant packages ceremony services for eloping couples around a team of trained professional speakers rather than a single offici…
Elopements · Micro Weddings
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Michael Moody Wedding Officiant
Michael Moody has officiated more than 300 ceremonies since 2012 and now works from a studio address in Denver's Highland neighborhood, serving the…
Elopements · Micro Weddings · Adventure Elopements
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Small Circles Ceremonies
Jen Nealon Garone officiates under the name Small Circles Ceremonies from her base in Boulder, traveling to the foothills, Estes Park, and most mou…
Elopements · Micro Weddings
Do you even need an officiant in Colorado? An honest answer
Start with the statute. C.R.S. 14-2-109 lists who may solemnize a Colorado marriage: judges and magistrates (current or retired), certain public officials, clergy of any religious denomination, officials of an Indian nation or tribe — and, unusually, the two of you. Because the couple appears on that list, hiring an officiant here is a genuine choice rather than a legal box to check.
So what does a professional add? Mostly the ceremony itself: a script built from your story, pacing that works on camera, and someone who has performed vows in 40-mph gusts and knows when to move everyone behind an outcrop. They also own the paperwork — the signed certificate must get back to the issuing clerk within sixty-three days, and a working officiant treats that filing as routine. A friend can lead everything ceremonially while you sign as your own solemnizers, and out-of-state clergy do not have to register with Colorado to perform a wedding here.
License logistics are quick: thirty dollars at the clerk and recorder in whichever county is convenient, photo ID and parents' information in hand, usable the same day anywhere statewide, and good for thirty-five days. If one partner cannot make the office visit, a notarized absentee affidavit covers the gap.
Planning budgets too? See elopement packages in Colorado.