Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Georgia Marriage And Divorce Records

By Ben Kingsley


If you are looking for Georgia Marriage Records, you can find them at the specific county Probate Court that finalized the marriage. The court has been keeping records of marriage since 1805. Marriage records can also be obtained at the state's Vital Records Office. However, they only keep records of marriages that occurred between 1952 and 1996.

If you want to make a request for marriage records, you need to fill-up a request form which is available at the Vital Records office and their official website. The pieces of information that need to be supplied on the form include particulars such as the full names of the husband and the wife, and the date and location where the marriage transpired, amongst others. You can hand the completed form at the office or send it by mail. There is a corresponding fee of $10 for every certified copy of the records and a $5 fee for additional copies. The office only accepts payment by check or money order. If the records you requested for are not located, the office will not provide a refund. Bear in mind that public offices are usually understaffed, which means that the time it takes to get the records is usually lengthy.

A marriage will only be considered valid if there is a marriage license. The license can be acquired at the Probate Court and the couple needs to apply for it at the same time. If one of them is under 18 years old, their parents need to accompany them to the court. Only the bride and the groom have the right to see their marriage license. Their respective attorneys can also see it.

Marriage files are part of public records. Usually, not all the details found on the files are disclosed to the public unless specified by the court. Often times, only the bride, groom, their attorneys, and specific people can view all the details. But in Georgia, they are not deemed as confidential, so any person who requests for them can view all the details too.

Today, the records are now available online through various private search tools. The court allows them to disseminate the records as long as proper procedures are observed. There are search tools that are for free and there are those that have corresponding fees. There are several online search tools available. Each search tool vary on how much information they can provide, you have the freedom to choose whichever you like depending on what information you want to retrieve.

No doubt that it is convenient to obtain Marriage Divorce Records online because you can virtually do it anywhere as long as you have a computer, an Internet connection, and some basic information about the record you are looking for. Although the Internet holds a vast amount of information, it is hard to tell if they are all credible. So you can be sure that the information you are getting is real, you have to be a little history check on the service provider that you choose to use. Find out if other users that have used them in the past have a positive feedback on them or not.




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