mercredi 29 janvier 2014

California Free Marriage Records

By Ben Kingsley


A marriage needs to be documented so that there is official. In California, the State Health Department is tasked to store California Marriage Records. The documents can also be used for genealogical searches and tracing the original family name of a woman. The Health Department only grants marriage certificates. Certified copies of marriage documents can only be acquired at the exact Clerk of Court that made the marriage official.

A person may request for public documents, including marriage documents. However, if a person wants to request the documents of another person, he or she will need the permission of the couple. Even with the permission of the couple, that person will only be given a marriage certificate because certified copies are only given to the couple, their lawyers, and other parties that are specified by the court. Certified copies contain the complete details of a marriage document. Certified copies can be used in a legal proceeding, while marriage certificates only serves as basis for information.

A marriage certificate contains the basic pieces of information regarding a particular marriage such as the name of the husband and the wife, their birth date, birth place, the place where the marriage occurred, and the likes. It is the right of the husband and the wife to keep private the other details of their marriage.

Government offices that are tasked of keeping public files have their respective websites. In their database are copies of public files in encoded form. Since the files are in a database, it is easier to find out if a requested file is available or not. Despite having their own websites, it still takes quite some time to retrieve the files, mainly because government offices employ only a handful of people. Fortunately, there online service providers that also keep marriage files. Such online service providers are permitted by the court to provide the files to the public upon request. The files that online service providers keep are the same as what government offices keep.

Private websites are categorized into two kinds: some disseminate the records free of charge and there are those that render corresponding fees. Regardless of which kind you opt to use, you will be provided with the basic pieces of information. But if you choose those that have corresponding fees, you will be given additional information regarding a marriage. If you want to perform multiple searches, it is ideal to register as a member so that you do not have to spend money each time you make a search. But if you are searching for just one or a few records, paying per name searched is more ideal. To become a member, one must pay a one-time membership fee which is good for about a year.

A Marriage License is very important should be found in a marriage document. Without it, the document will be deemed as incomplete and the marriage will not be recognized as official. A license can be acquired at a county Clerk of Court. There are certain requirements and they all should be submitted. One example of a requirement that should be submitted is a divorce record, but that is only necessary if either of the couple has previously been married. A marriage license is valid for 90 days. The couple should be married within the duration of 90 days or they will have to acquire another license.




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