Free Marriage Records Online Search Available

By Claire Dowell


The Freedom of Information Act is in place in the state of Massachusetts. This law allows the residents to request for a copy of any of their public documents anytime. Such document includes the Massachusetts marriage record which is considered as open documents that can the people can request anytime.

The residents of Massachusetts request for a copy of their marriage certificate to use it in several ways. One is to process any transactions in the government that may need verification of one's marital status. This is true for insurance related matters, dependents and beneficiaries and any financial matters that may need the knowledge of a couple. The document is also used by individuals who wish to verify the marital status of their partners. This helps them to ensure that the person they are dating is really single as they claimed. Ironically, the marriage certificate is also a required document when the couple would process their divorce.

The document focuses on the details of the marriage. One would know when and where the couple had their marriage registered. The names of the couple's parents are indicated on the file along with the names of the witnesses. The document would be incomplete without the full names of the bride and the groom.

Retrieval of a marriage certificate in Massachusetts would require a number of information. This includes the basic information about the marriage of a couple such as the names of the couple and the date and the place where the marriage took place. The requesting individuals also required indicating their contact details on the application form and the relationship to the name on the record has to be known as well as the reason for requesting the document. The state allows only the bride or the groom as well as their immediate families are the only ones allowed to obtain a copy of the marriage license.

The Department of Health under the vital Records Section is responsible for managing the public records of Massachusetts. Requests can be done in the said office and it would cost $18 to do so. If going to the office is not possible, a mail order can be send but it would cost $28 per request. When choosing to send it via mail, all of the required documents and information ahs to be enclosed on the request. The document can then be delivered back after a few days but it can take longer if problems are encountered during the search process.

Waiting is no longer necessary if the search is done online. The Internet has helped speed up the process and doing it is really easy since the request can be done even at the comforts of one's home. One can even search for the document in the wee hours of the night. There are even free public marriage records search which is offered by some websites to entice their customers and let them experience their system on tier own and letting them decide whether they wish to pay for it next time or not.




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