California Public Marriage Records

By Ben Kingsley


California is one of the many open states in the country. Being an open state would mean that the local residents are given the freedom to access any of their personal documents if they have a need for it. One of the documents that can be accessed by the residents is the records of marriage in California.

Conducting a research or update on the family tree is one of the primary use of a marriage record. The information found on a marriage certificate is one of the important things needed in order to update the family tree. Government transactions would also call for a copy of a marriage certificate. Such document is used as proof of one's status which is necessary in transactions such as insurance and update on the government records. The marriage records are also one of the documents used when checking the marital status of an individual. This is usually done by those who are in the dating stage. They do this to make sure that their partners are really single as they have claimed.

A lot of information can be obtained for a copy of a marriage certificate in California. One would know the maiden name of the bride as well as the name of the groom. The date and the place where the marriage took place are also indicated on the record. Additional information includes the names of the couple's parents as well as the witnesses to the event.

Marriage records of California are managed by the office of the Vital Records Section at the Department of Health. The said office has managed to keep records from 1905 up to the present, however, marriages hat were registered from 1987-1995 are only available at the county where it was originally registered. A $14 processing fee has to be paid in order to proceed with the retrieval of the marriage record.

In order to request for marriage records in the state of California one has to prepare the basic marriage details of the record being obtained. This has to be indicated on the request form along with the personal details of the one who filed the request. One should also remember that the document is only released if the one who filed the request is the bride or the groom. The immediate family of the couple is also given access to the file. Others need to have special permission in order to proceed with the retrieval marriage records of other people. Mail requests are also accepted and it has to be sent to the state office. The payment has to enclose in the mail and it has to be made in the form of money order or check. This method can take some time especially if there are problems encountered during the search.

Residents of California can now retrieve marriage license records online. This means that residents of the state can request for their document even without going to the state office. This has minimized the wait time as well as the effort spent in requesting such document. Some websites even offer their users a free search.




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