Yes, two ways. If both of you are physically in Florida, Lee and Collier counties will perform a video ceremony on their own county-issued license — you'll attest to being in-state on camera. If either of you is outside Florida (or you want same-day), you apply for a Utah marriage license over the internet, hold the ceremony by video with a licensed Utah officiant from wherever you each are, and Florida recognizes the marriage under the Full Faith and Credit Clause — the same way it recognizes any out-of-state marriage.

In most counties, only partly: you fill in the application online, but both partners still appear in person for the license to be issued. Seven counties go further and issue the license entirely through a video appointment: Hillsborough, Lee, Collier, Seminole, St. Lucie, Nassau, and Palm Beach. Expect scheduling lead time (Hillsborough's slots fill weeks out; Lee books five-plus business days ahead) and county-specific rules — Palm Beach's online version is limited to U.S. citizens who can pass a credit-bureau identity check. The Utah route issues everything online with no such gates.

Only two: Lee County and Collier County. The catches are real: both partners must be physically present in the State of Florida during the ceremony and swear to it live on the call; the license is county-locked (Lee only marries Lee-issued licenses, Collier only licenses issued through its own online system); appointments are weekday business hours, booked in advance, with no same-day option; and Florida residents still face the 3-day wait unless they complete the premarital course. Every other county clerk that performs ceremonies does them in person only — and several counties don't perform ceremonies at all.

No — and this is a legal limit, not a county policy choice. Florida officiants' authority stops at the state line (Fla. Stat. 741.07), Florida's remote-notarization law explicitly excludes solemnizing marriages (Fla. Stat. 117.209), and Florida has no proxy marriage. That's why Lee and Collier take a sworn in-Florida attestation during their video ceremonies. If either partner is outside Florida on the day, the Utah online route is the legal path: both of you join the video call from wherever you are — different states, different countries — and the resulting certificate is valid in Florida.

A Florida license is valid for 60 days from issuance, and the ceremony must happen inside Florida within that window. Florida residents normally wait 3 days before the ceremony, but completing a registered 4-hour premarital course waives that wait — and non-Florida residents are exempt from the waiting period entirely. The wait applies no matter how the license was issued, video appointment included.

Yes. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) accepts it for driver-license name changes and Real ID, and the Florida Department of Revenue, insurers, employers and courts treat it like any valid marriage certificate. Federal benefits (Social Security, taxes, immigration) accept it as well.

Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons Florida couples use it. Florida's own video ceremonies can't help here — they require both partners physically in Florida. On the Utah route the two of you can be in different places — one at MacDill, Mayport, Eglin or Patrick SFB and the other deployed overseas — and still complete a single legal ceremony by video. Both witnesses can also join remotely.

Absolutely. Many couples get legally married online first, then hold a celebration on the Gulf Coast, in the Keys or anywhere in Florida with no legal paperwork pressure — because they are already married. The beach event becomes a pure celebration.