Quick Access Online Marriage Records Georgia

By Ben Kingsley


The Probate Court and the Vital Records Office are the ones in-charge of the safekeeping of Georgia Marriage Records. The Probate Court has files of marriages that transpired since 1805 and it is the court that accepts and validates marriages. The Vital Records Office, on the other hand, keeps files of marriages that transpired between 1952 and 1996.

A request can be made by completing a request form which can be acquired from the Vital Records office or can be downloaded from their website. Fields that need to be supplied include the names of the bride and the groom, when and where the marriage took place, and others. The completed can be submitted personally or mailed back to the office. There is a charge of $10 for certified marriage records and a $5 charge for spare copies which are payable by money order or check. Regardless of whether the requested records are found or not, the office will not issue a refund once the request has been submitted. In addition, it takes quite some time to process the records because public offices are usually short on employees.

A couple will only be allowed to marry if they secure a marriage license. A marriage license needs to be applied for together by the couple. If one of them is under the legal age of 18 years old, their parents will be required to appear at the Probate Court during the couple's application for a license. Only the couple and their legal representatives have the right to view their license application record.

Marriage records are deemed as public records. That means that the public can request for the records any time. In other states, a full marriage record can only be accessed by the bride, groom, legal representatives, and other individuals or groups specified by the court. In Georgia, they are not deemed as confidential, which means that whoever submits a request for the records can view everything that is on it.

The records can now also be obtained online through service providers. They are not owned by the government, but they are required to follow the rules and guidelines in providing the records to the public. Some service providers provide the records for free while some render certain fees for them. There are several of such providers that you can find on the Internet, it is just a matter of what kind of information you need and what they can provide.

Acquiring Marriage Divorce Records online is hassle free. You can perform a search anywhere you feel comfortable and anytime you need to. All you need to prepare are a computer with Web connection and basic information about your desired marriage files. The Web is widely known as a source of massive amounts of information. Unfortunately, not everything that is uploaded can be considered as genuine information. To determine if you are given genuine information, you must check the credibility of the website, whose service you are going to avail, of your choice. Look for user reviews and see if other users are satisfied with the website or not.




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