- Serving Citrus & Marion County
- Same-day appointments
Florida is one of the few states where a notary public can legally solemnize a marriage. That means your ceremony can be at the spring, the backyard, the front porch or the hospital room. Small, warm, and entirely yours, with no church, no courthouse queue and no waiting.
Two people and a license is genuinely enough. Everything beyond that is your call.
Simple ceremonies for the couple alone, with me bringing the witnesses where the moment calls for them.
Springs, riverfronts, parks and backyards across Citrus and Marion County.
Living room, front porch or back deck, with whoever you actually want in the room.
The legal simplicity of the courthouse without the appointment slot and the fluorescent lights.
Hospital, hospice and facility ceremonies when waiting is not an option. These happen, and I take them seriously.
Renewals and anniversary ceremonies for couples who want the words without the production.
You need a Florida marriage license, and it has to be in hand before the ceremony, and no officiant in the state can work around that. You get it from any Florida county clerk, and it is valid anywhere in Florida no matter which county issued it.
Florida residents face a three-day waiting period after the license is issued, unless both of you complete a state-approved premarital preparation course, which waives it. Out-of-state couples have no waiting period at all, so you can be married the same day you get the license. Every license expires 60 days after issue, so the ceremony has to happen inside that window.
The ceremony itself can be as short as a couple of minutes or as personal as you want to make it. I will follow your wording, offer a simple traditional script, or blend the two. Afterward I complete and sign the license, and returning it to the clerk is what actually makes you married in the eyes of the state.
Florida does not require witnesses for a marriage. If you want them on the license anyway, bring them. A lot of couples like having the names there.
Three steps, no office visit, no waiting room.
One notary, one phone number, whatever the document turns out to be.
Affidavits, powers of attorney, bills of sale, consent forms and the rest of the everyday paperwork that needs a seal.
Purchases, refinances, HELOCs and reverse mortgages, returned to your title company on time.
Documents headed overseas, notarized correctly the first time so the state does not reject them.
Urgent signings at hospitals, rehab, assisted living and hospice, including nights and weekends.
Not sure which service you need? Start here and I will point you to the right one.
Based in Inverness and covering Citrus and Marion County door to door. If you are just outside the list, call anyway. I almost certainly still come.
Inverness · Crystal River · Homosassa · Lecanto · Beverly Hills · Hernando · Citrus Springs · Floral City · Dunnellon · Ocala · Belleview · The Villages
If yours is not here, call and ask. There is no charge for a question.
Yes. Florida is one of only a handful of states where a notary public is authorized to solemnize marriage, and a ceremony performed by a Florida notary is every bit as legal as one performed by a member of the clergy or a judge.
Florida does not require any. If you would like witnesses named on the license you are welcome to bring them, and for very small ceremonies I can usually help arrange one.
If either of you is a Florida resident, there is a three-day waiting period after the license is issued unless you complete a state-approved premarital course, which waives it. If you are both from out of state, there is no waiting period, so same day is fine.
Anywhere you like within the area I serve: a park, a spring, a backyard, a living room, a hospital room. A Florida license is valid anywhere in the state regardless of which county issued it.
I will use a simple, warm traditional script if you want one, follow vows you have written yourselves, or combine the two. Tell me what you are picturing when you book.
I complete and sign it at the ceremony, and it goes back to the issuing clerk of court. That return is the step that records the marriage, and your certified copy comes from the clerk afterward.
Tell me what you need notarized and I’ll call you back to lock in a time. Same-day, evening and weekend appointments are available, and I come to you.
