Arizona Public Divorce Records

By Ben Kingsley


The files for a Divorce in Arizona are kept at a county Clerk of Court that granted the divorce. If you wish to retrieve them, you must know which county they are stored. If you do not have any knowledge of which, you can head to the state's Vital Records Office and they will help you find the correct county. The county Clerk of Court accepts requests. If you head to their office personally, you will get the files in about two hours, but if you choose to mail or fax your request, you will have to wait two to three weeks before you get the results.

Divorce cases are recorded because they serve as proof that a marriage is officially over in the eyes of the court. If you are divorced and wish to marry again, you will be required to show your divorce record. If you fail to present one, you will not be granted a marriage license. And without a marriage license, a marriage will not be considered legal. It is also important to check if the person you are about to marry does not have a pending divorce case. It may cause some hard feelings if you do a background check on your special someone. You can avoid doing so by doing it discreetly since you do not need their permission to check their divorce records, if there are any.

To search for a divorce record, it is vital that you can provide a full name and the year and place where the divorce took place. If you can provide additional information, the faster it will be to obtain the records. Make sure that the pieces of information you provide are accurate so that the right record will found.

When you receive the files that you requested for, check if the divorce certificate and the divorce decree are there. A divorce certificate is a file that contains some basic details like the names of the ex-husband and ex-wife, their address, and when and where the divorce took place. A divorce decree, on the other hand, contains sensitive pieces of information that are not given to just anyone except to the spouses, their attorneys, and those that have the consent of the court. The decree includes details about the child custody, visitation rights, distribution of assets and debts, and the likes. Unless these issues are settled, a decree will not be finalized.

You can also get the records from online search tools. There are free search tools and paid search tools. Regardless of what kind of search tool you are going to use, you will be provided with the basic details of a divorce document that resembles what a divorce certificate contains.

Are Divorce Records Public? Yes, they are. Any person can submit a request for the records to the appropriate government office in-charge of maintaining them. A divorce that is granted in a certain county or state is and will be accepted in all the other states. Although they are open to public, there are laws that protect the privacy of the owner of the records. The records cannot be used to defame, embarrass, blackmail, and damage the reputation of a person. Anyone caught violating will be punished accordingly.




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