Florida Marriage Records

By Ben Kingsley


If you want to search for Public Florida Marriage Records, you can head to the Florida Office of Vital Statistics. They keep and update marriage records that occurred since June 6, 1927. If the record that you want to obtain occurred prior to that date, you can head to the specific county Clerk's office or church where the wedding occurred.

The public is given the right to access marriage documents because they are deemed as public documents. The documents are the only documents recognized by the court to support the authenticity of a marriage. If a person intends to get a divorce, marriage documents are part of the requirements. Some people make use of the documents to check if the person that they are about to get married to is not involve in another marriage.

If you wish to access the marriage files of another person, you must be able to supply the names of the husband and the wife, and when and where their marriage took place. Your detailed contact information is also required. There is a fee of $5 for a copy of a marriage certificate and an additional fee of $4 if want to get extra copies. The fees that you pay to the Vital Statistics Office will not be returned to you if in case the files you requested for are not located. If your request is approved, you must wait around two to three weeks before you can get the search results. If you wish to have the files as soon as possible, you can opt for a rush service and get results within three business days.

A marriage is considered null and void if there is no marriage license. The man husband-to-be and the wife-to-be must be present at the same time when they apply for a license. Both the man and the woman must show a government-issued ID with their names, date of birth, and their signature. If the man or the woman is under the legal age of 18 years old, he or she must secure written parent's consent. There is a fee of $93.50 for the license. The license has a validity period of 90 days and a 3-day waiting period, from the day it is approved, before the couple can perform the wedding rites.

It is particularly difficult to search for marriage records if you do not know the exact place where you can find them. Thankfully, there exist online service providers that cater to providing them to the public upon request. There are a number of service providers available on the Internet but not all of them can be trusted. To determine the credibility of a certain service provider, you can perform a quick background check on them. You can make use of user reviews to find out if other users are satisfied with the kind of service that they are offering.

Marriage License Records can also be obtained from such websites. However, there are restrictions as to who can get them. The people that are allowed access to the documents are the couple, their attorneys, and whoever can secure an authorization from the court to gain access to them.




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