1. Agreement to these terms
By visiting officiantdoug.com, submitting the contact form, requesting a chapel time, or otherwise using this website, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the site — you are always welcome to reach us directly by phone or email instead.
These terms apply to the website itself. If you go on to book a ceremony, a separate service agreement will cover the details of that booking. Where the two ever differ, your signed service agreement controls the ceremony and these terms continue to govern your use of the website.
2. Who we are
This website is operated by Officiant Doug, LLC, a wedding officiant business based at 455 Harrison Ave, Suite H, Panama City, FL 32401, serving couples throughout Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. In these terms, “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Officiant Doug, LLC, and “you” refers to the person using the site or inquiring about services.
3. Using this website
You are welcome to browse this site, read it, print pages for your own planning, and share links to it. In return, we ask that you use it in good faith. Please do not:
- Use the site for any unlawful purpose, or in a way that violates someone else’s rights.
- Submit false, misleading, or impersonating information through the contact or booking forms.
- Send automated inquiries, bulk messages, advertising, or spam through the forms or by email.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the site, its hosting, or any connected system.
- Interfere with the site’s operation, security, or availability, including by scraping it in a way that burdens the service.
- Copy, republish, or reuse substantial portions of the site’s content or ceremony writing as your own.
The site is intended for adults arranging a ceremony. If you use it on behalf of someone else, you confirm you have their permission to share their details with us.
4. Inquiries, availability, and booking
Information on this website — including described ceremony types, chapel options, and any pricing shown — is provided for general information and is not a binding offer. Availability shown on the booking calendar reflects what is open at that moment and can change while you are looking at it.
Submitting the contact form, requesting a chapel appointment, or exchanging messages with us does not by itself reserve your date. A date is held only once we have confirmed it with you in writing and any required agreement and retainer are in place, as described in your service agreement.
If a date matters to you, the safest thing is to reach out early and get written confirmation. Popular dates in this area go quickly.
5. Ceremony services
We provide officiant services for weddings, elopements, vow renewals, and related ceremonies, including writing and performing the ceremony and, where applicable, completing and returning your marriage license to the issuing authority.
Every ceremony is prepared individually. Descriptions, sample wording, and photographs on this site illustrate past work and possible approaches; your ceremony will be built around your own plans, and the specifics of what is included are set out in your service agreement rather than on this page.
We reserve the right to decline or discontinue service where a request falls outside what we are able to perform lawfully or in good conscience, where safety is a concern, or where conduct toward us or others involved is abusive. In that situation we will tell you promptly and handle any refund according to your service agreement.
6. Your responsibilities
A ceremony depends on a few things only you can take care of:
- Accurate information. Names, dates, times, locations, and contact details you give us need to be correct and kept up to date.
- Your marriage license. Obtaining a valid marriage license from the appropriate county or authority, meeting any eligibility and waiting-period requirements, and bringing the license to the ceremony are your responsibility. Without a valid license in hand, a legal marriage cannot be solemnized.
- Venue arrangements. Securing your venue and any permits, access, or vendor coordination it requires.
- Timely communication. Responding to planning questions and providing ceremony materials in reasonable time before your date.
- Legal capacity. Confirming that you and your partner are legally free and eligible to marry.
7. Fees and payment
Fees, retainers, travel charges, and payment schedules are set out in the quote and service agreement you receive, not on this website. Any figures shown here are illustrative starting points and may change based on date, location, travel, and what your ceremony involves.
Invoices and payments are handled through our client management and payment providers. Those providers may apply their own processing terms. Amounts are stated in U.S. dollars unless we say otherwise, and you are responsible for any taxes that apply.
8. Changes, cancellations, and events beyond control
Plans change, and we will work with you when they do. Rescheduling and cancellation terms — including how retainers are treated and any deadlines that apply — are governed by your service agreement, since they depend on the date and arrangements involved.
Neither of us is responsible for failing to perform because of something genuinely outside our control, such as severe weather, natural disaster, hurricane evacuation, serious illness or injury, death in the family, government order, or venue closure. If such an event affects your ceremony, we will make reasonable efforts to reschedule or, where that is not possible, to arrange a suitable substitute officiant.
9. Third-party features and links
Parts of this site are provided by other companies — the embedded contact form, the chapel booking calendar, the reviews display, and web fonts, among others. Those features are subject to their providers’ own terms and privacy practices, and we do not control how they operate or how long they remain available.
Links to venues, vendors, county clerk offices, or other outside websites are offered as a convenience. We do not endorse or take responsibility for the content, accuracy, or practices of any site we link to.
10. Our content and trademarks
The text, ceremony writing, photographs, layout, design, logo, and other material on this website are owned by Officiant Doug, LLC or used with permission, and are protected by copyright and other laws. “Your Story, Beautifully Told™” is our mark.
You may view, download, and print pages for your own personal, non-commercial planning use. Beyond that, please do not copy, reproduce, republish, adapt, or use our content or marks — including using site content or ceremony scripts to train, generate, or sell competing material — without our written permission.
11. Content you send us
When you send us photographs, vows, readings, stories, reviews, or other material, you keep ownership of it. You confirm that you have the right to share it and that doing so does not infringe anyone else’s rights.
If you give us a review, testimonial, or photograph for publication, you grant us permission to use, display, and reproduce it on this website and in our marketing, along with your first name or the name you provided, unless you tell us otherwise. That permission can be withdrawn at any time — contact us and the material will be removed promptly.
Personal details shared for the purpose of writing your ceremony stay private. They are never published without your agreement.
12. No legal advice
We are an officiant, not a law firm. Information on this site about marriage licenses, waiting periods, name changes, or other legal requirements is general and may not reflect current rules in your county or state. It is not legal advice and should not be relied on as such. Please confirm requirements with the issuing clerk’s office, or speak with an attorney about your own situation.
13. Site disclaimers
We work to keep this website accurate and available, but it is provided “as is” and “as available.” We do not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that every detail is current, or that embedded third-party features will always function. Pricing, availability, and service details can change without notice.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement with respect to this website. This paragraph is about the website; it does not limit the commitments we make in your signed service agreement.
14. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Officiant Doug, LLC is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of this website, including lost data, lost opportunities, or reliance on information posted here.
Our total liability relating to your use of this website will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars ($100). Liability connected with a booked ceremony is addressed in your service agreement. Some states do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you, and nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
15. Privacy
How we collect, use, and protect the information you share is described in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms. Please read it alongside this page.
16. Accessibility
This site is built with the intention that everyone can use it, and we continue to work on it. If you run into something that is hard to read, navigate, or operate — here or in the process of planning a ceremony — please tell us. We will help you directly and fix what we can.
17. Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute relating to this website or these terms will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Bay County, Florida, and you agree to that venue.
Before anything formal, we would much rather talk. Most concerns are resolved with a phone call, and we ask that you contact us first so we have the chance to make it right.
If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our not enforcing a provision right away does not waive it.
18. Changes to these terms
These terms may be updated as the business or the tools it uses change. The revised version will be posted on this page with a new “last updated” date, and it applies to use of the site from that point forward. Terms already agreed in a signed service agreement are not changed by an update here.
19. How to reach us
Questions about these terms, or about anything on this site, are always welcome.