Authorization to Record Minister’s Credentials (signed by designee) – Pulaski County, AR

Authorization to Record Minister’s Credentials (signed by designee) is a Pulaski County Circuit and County Clerk form on which a designee states that a named minister directed them to record that minister's ministerial credentials with the Pulaski County Clerk.

The form is a short statement with four blanks: the designee's name, the name of the person who gave the direction, the designee's signature and the date. It carries the Clerk's header, with the office at 401 West Markham Street, Suite 100, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201, the website WWW.PULASKICLERK.COM, telephone (501) 340-8500 and fax (501) 421-9229.

It belongs to the Clerk's Minister Credentials resources. The Clerk's County Records page explains that a person who wants to perform a wedding ceremony in Arkansas must register their credentials in a County Clerk's office within Arkansas. That page lists two authorizations side by side: Authorization to Record the Minister's Credentials (signed by the minister) and this one, Authorization to Record Minister’s Credentials (signed by designee). It also lists a search of ministers' credentials.

The form is not a marriage license application and not a property tax document. The Clerk's marriage license process is described on a separate Marriage License page of its website.

The main group is a person who has been directed by a minister to record that minister's credentials with the Pulaski County Clerk. That person, the designee, completes and signs this form instead of the minister.

• Designees acting for a minister: use this version when someone other than the minister is the one recording the credentials. The form's wording is that the designee "was directed by" the minister to do so.
• Ministers recording their own credentials: the Clerk lists a different form, Authorization to Record the Minister's Credentials (signed by the minister). Use that one if you sign yourself.

The Clerk's page explains why credentials are recorded: to perform a wedding ceremony in Arkansas, you must register your credentials in a County Clerk's office within Arkansas. The form itself does not say who may be a designee or what proof of the direction is needed, so ask the Clerk's office at (501) 340-8500 if you are unsure.

Use this form when a designee records a minister's credentials with the Pulaski County Clerk. The Clerk's page says that credentials must be registered in an Arkansas County Clerk's office before you perform a wedding ceremony in Arkansas, so the authorization is needed whenever that recording happens through a designee.

No separate due date is printed on the form, and the Clerk's page sets no deadline for recording credentials. The form carries a date line next to the designee's signature, so complete it on the day the designee signs. For any timing question, call the Clerk's office at (501) 340-8500.

The form prints no submission channel of its own, so follow the Pulaski County Circuit and County Clerk's process for recording minister credentials. The Clerk's page says the filing fee can be paid in person by credit card, money order, cash or check.

• In person: the form's header gives the Clerk's office as 401 West Markham Street, Suite 100, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201. Bring the signed authorization, a copy of the Minister Certification or Minister License Record of Ordination, and the filing fee.
• Questions or other arrangements: telephone (501) 340-8500, fax (501) 421-9229, or the website WWW.PULASKICLERK.COM, all printed on the form.

A filing fee applies; the amount is not written here, so confirm the current figure with the Clerk. If you pay by personal check or money order, include your full name, driver's license number and phone number on it, as the Clerk's page asks. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the Clerk's channels above.