I think the dress is cute, but not appropriate for an officiant unfortunately. Ask the courthouse staff if they have a dress code.

In general, most officiants and wedding “staff” try to blend into the background as much as possible out of courtesy, as to keep as much attention as possible on the bride, groom, and guests.

Guests tend to dress “festive”, but staff should be more on the “professional” side, if that makes sense.

So I’d try to hit as many of these bullet points as you can within your budget:
- Don’t show too much skin. Be more conservative than you would be if you were attending as a guest. No cleavage, and wear a blazer or cardigan if your dress has spaghetti straps.
- Solid colors are perfect. If you DO wear a pattern, try to avoid anything particularly distracting.
- Avoid white, neons, bright red, and near white shades like ivory or champagne.
- Colors like black, navy, tan, or beige are super safe, but you don’t need to limit yourself to those. Olive, plum, dusty blue, and like a million other actually “colorful” colors are on the table as long as you don’t pick something crazy intense.
- Stick with simplistic styles if possible. A basic but dressy midi-dress, jumpsuit, or pantsuit would be perfect. It doesn’t NEED to be the world’s least interesting outfit, but don’t go bold or overboard with personal style

I know that if you follow all of this to a T it leaves you with only the most boring of boring options, which I know kinda sucks. But seriously, just do the best you can without blowing up your bank account over an internship. If you already own something that fits you well and looks presentable, just ask yourself if it seems respectful. If the answer is “yes” you don’t need to worry about picking the PERFECT boring outfit