Georgia Free Marriage Records

By Ben Kingsley


If you are looking for Georgia Marriage Records, you can find them at the specific county Probate Court that finalized the marriage. The court has been keeping records of marriage since 1805. Marriage records can also be obtained at the state's Vital Records Office. However, they only keep records of marriages that occurred 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 marriage will only be considered valid if there is a marriage license. The license can be acquired at the Probate Court and the couple needs to apply for it at the same time. If one of them is under 18 years old, their parents need to accompany them to the court. Only the bride and the groom have the right to see their marriage license. Their respective attorneys can also see it.

Any person has the right to access marriage records because they are considered as public records. In most states, only the couple, their lawyers, and individuals or parties authorized by the court have the right to view and access everything that is on a marriage record. In Georgia, outside parties can view and access everything as well.

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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