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"Dear {me},

I have the honor of notifying you that the Governor of the Commonwealth has appointed you as a Justice of the Peace with special designation solemnize marriages.

[details on taking the oath and paying the fee elided]

Very truly yours,
[printed signature]
William Francis Galvin
Secretary of the Commonwealth"

Woo hoo!

Date: 2006-08-19 06:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ocschwar.livejournal.com
Oh, sweet! Are you free tomorrow afternoon by any chance?

(I jest. But congratulations to you and the intended beneficiaries.)

Date: 2006-08-19 06:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kjc007.livejournal.com
Congratulations!

Date: 2006-08-19 06:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] n5red.livejournal.com
Now if I could find someone to marry, I'd be set.

Date: 2006-08-19 07:54 am (UTC)

Date: 2006-08-19 08:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thespian.livejournal.com
So, do you do weddings?





(rimshot. Thank you. I'll be here all week.)

Date: 2006-08-19 03:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hammercock.livejournal.com
He'll be doing ours. :)

Date: 2006-08-19 05:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tcb.livejournal.com
*grin* whatever excuse works! he's been wanting to be a JP for years! that's great!

Date: 2006-08-19 09:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roadnotes.livejournal.com
Huzzah! Only in the Commonwealth, or everywhere?

Date: 2006-08-19 05:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jbsegal.livejournal.com
Near as I know, only in MA

Date: 2006-08-19 12:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crs.livejournal.com
So if someone's marriage isn't solemn enough, you're the guy to go to... Good to know!

Date: 2006-08-19 12:51 pm (UTC)
redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)
From: [personal profile] redbird
Mazel tov!

Is this a one-off, or do you get to keep it for future use?

Date: 2006-10-04 07:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jbsegal.livejournal.com
It's a 7 year appointment.

Date: 2006-08-19 01:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sunspiral.livejournal.com
Amused congratulations!

Date: 2006-08-19 01:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] preraphaelite.livejournal.com
How neat! Congrats!

Date: 2006-08-19 02:00 pm (UTC)
gale_storm: (Default)
From: [personal profile] gale_storm
I can see it now: business cards that read 'JB, JP'

Congrats!

Date: 2006-08-20 10:33 am (UTC)
gale_storm: (Default)
From: [personal profile] gale_storm
Right, forgot about that part.

Date: 2006-08-21 04:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sauergeek.livejournal.com
Yes, but are you NP complete?

Date: 2006-08-21 04:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jbsegal.livejournal.com
No. I'm missing my notary journal right now. :/

Date: 2006-08-19 04:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vvalkyri.livejournal.com
oh, coolness :)

Date: 2006-08-19 04:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madbodger.livejournal.com
Cool! Now what are you gonna do?

Date: 2006-08-21 04:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jbsegal.livejournal.com
Um... Marry People?

Date: 2006-08-19 05:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miss-chance.livejournal.com
Very Cool!

Date: 2006-08-19 05:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tcb.livejournal.com
you did it! that's great! congrats! yay!

Date: 2006-08-19 06:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gothgeekgirl.livejournal.com
Congratulations :) I now have at least three friends who perform marriages.

Date: 2006-08-19 08:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluedaisy.livejournal.com
Congratulations! I found the Notary Public oath-taking very anticlimactic---I hope the JoP is more exciting, but either way I think you'll do wonderfully!

Date: 2006-08-20 04:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jbsegal.livejournal.com
What, you didn't like saying "so help me, God" 8 times?

I expect the oath'll be the same, pretty much. :)

(I love the ledger... the GIANT ledger.)

Date: 2006-08-20 05:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluedaisy.livejournal.com
Being a theist, that didn't bother me at all. Mostly, I expected something more dramatic than a bored-looking clerk in a pretty boring government office building.

Date: 2006-10-04 07:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jbsegal.livejournal.com
So, btw, the oaths are exactly the same, except you say "Justice Of The Peace" instead of "Notary Public".

(And congrats to you, btw.)

Date: 2006-08-19 09:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chienne-folle.livejournal.com
Coooool! Who's the lucky couple?

Date: 2006-08-20 04:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jbsegal.livejournal.com
The proximate cause is [livejournal.com profile] hammercock and [livejournal.com profile] trowa_barton, but I've been meaning to do it for years.

Date: 2006-08-20 01:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seborn.livejournal.com
Congratulations! (In advance to your test subjects.)
How do you get a license to frivolize marriages?

Date: 2006-08-20 02:11 am (UTC)

Date: 2006-08-20 03:14 am (UTC)
ckd: small blue foam shark (Default)
From: [personal profile] ckd
Congratulations!

How does the becoming a JP thing work? I know about the one-day one-wedding deal, but not what's involved in the permanent setup.

Date: 2006-08-20 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jbsegal.livejournal.com
It's a 2 page (1 sheet) form.
Name, Address, "Ever been convicted", a brief "Why" essay, and 5 signatures - 1 lawyer, 1 elected official, 3 others.

Then it's an oath and $75.

Date: 2006-08-20 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jbsegal.livejournal.com
By statute, btw, each town gets 1 JP per 5k people.

Date: 2006-08-20 11:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-nita.livejournal.com
Congrats, babe.

(mental note - be careful what I say flippantly in front of da judge now...)

Date: 2006-08-20 02:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] akrissy.livejournal.com
COOL! I remember you saying this is something you wanted to do for a while.

Date: 2006-08-21 04:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com
Is this one of the officiant-for-a-day licenses, or something more permanent?

Date: 2006-08-21 04:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jbsegal.livejournal.com
It's a full 7 year commision. :)

Date: 2006-08-21 06:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com
Oooooooooooooooo!

Date: 2006-08-21 07:03 am (UTC)
jencallisto: photo of my back as I'm twirling, white lace skirt and long dark hair flying (Default)
From: [personal profile] jencallisto
oh, kick ass! congratulations. :)

Date: 2006-08-23 06:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com
yay!
RI has a silly way of allowing non-clregy-non-JP people to officiate weddings: we had to get a law passed through the state legislature saying that a specific person was allowed to marry us "on or about" a specific date." Oddly, the process doesn't cost anything.

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