Thursday, September 26, 2013

CA Marriage License Records Available Online

By Claire Dowell


California Marriage Records reveal marriage license applications and weddings per province, name and date of occurrence. Being the most enormous state in terms of population having 36 million inhabitants, only less than 5 out of 1,000 Californians say 'I do'. Nonetheless, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Office of Vital Records keeps these accounts up-to-date. Not to mention California Marriages and Divorces as its main registry.

The area's Health Department does not mention any occurrence of a California State Index of Marriages neither is it convenient to procure one. Truth be told, the department is somewhat tardy, entailing six months to furnish any general marriage account. In effect, claimants are given advisory to visit the county headquarter where the marriage permit was granted since they make one at quicker pace. But, if you wish to avail the marriage file through the CDPH, you may need to pay a fee of $14.

Beginning July 1, 2003, it is implemented that anyone requesting for a certified copy of California Marriage Certificate must include two requirements, a sworn statement under penalty of perjury and a certified proof of identity such as birth certificate. If sent through mail, the sworn narration should be notarized; otherwise the application will be discarded as not complete and mailed back without being taken action.

The main department Office of Vital Records is limited only to receive through postal mail and it does not gather or keep data regarding whether a matrimony held was with opposite or same-gender couples. Certified copies of public nuptial accounts may be availed from the County Recorder while confidential marriage files may be accessed from the County Clerk's Office where the authorization was granted. Entitlement of the classified matrimony is constricted only to the two persons on the marriage document.

As stated in the Public Records Act of California, any inhabitant of the locality has the all the right to review and get copies of files of public matrimonial vows at public agencies. No fees are necessitated however for extra services such as making hard duplicates, copying to CD or DVD and special computer programming by agency staff. Hence, fees are only to amend cost of day, physical work and whichever supplies or services required.

Marriage Records have been used over and over for the reason of seeking family lineage. They are classified as primary source documentation surely for the reality that the details are written by an eye witness, in the very second of the matrimonial celebration. With the coming out of various online websites, carrying out genealogy examination is easy today. Innumerable document providers on the Web complete these sorts of data in two ways: for free or cost-based. But, the latter is more trustworthy than the first mentioned.




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