Under West Virginia law, persons authorized to perform marriages include a "religious representative", defined as "a minister, priest or rabbi and includes, without being limited to, a leader or representative of a generally recognized spiritual assembly, church or religious organization which does not formally designate or recognize persons as ministers, priests or rabbis",West Virginia Code §48-2-401. and as of 2011 no court or administrative ruling had excluded those ordained as ministers of the ULC.
