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Marion County Marriage Records

It is often a question why the government keep copies of marriage records like Marion County Marriage Records, and the answer to that question lies in the fact that marriage is something that concerns the public because of the effect that it would have, not only to those who are parties to the marriage, but also to the community in general. After all, marriage is something that concerns the whole world for the reason that it is binding upon the whole world. In fact, the rights and obligations that attaches to a person after he or she is married is recognized by a country even if it is not the place where the couple got married in the first place. The rights and obligations that a married couple has is one reason why the entire world is interested in the marriage.

Like all married records, Marriage Records Marion County may be used in both public and private proceedings. In the public sphere, such marriage records are very important in cases where the existence of the marriage is something that must be proven for one to claim the right. Such cases include mostly family law cases such as adoption and divorce, but these does not mean that these are the only proceedings where such records may be used. In general, any proceeding where the existence of the marriage is relevant is a proceeding where marriage records may be used.

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Copies of Marion County Marriage Records may be obtained from one of two general sources. The first source would be the local or county level, and this is through the office of the clerk of court. The procedure that is being followed is requesting for the records in person, which means that the person would first have to go to the office and make the request there, but do note that such requests are typically finished within the same day. Of course, the person making the request would still have to go to the office of the clerk to make the request.

Another source of Florida Marriage Records would be at the national or state level, and this would be through the Office of Vital Records of the Florida Department of Health. At this level, the procedure that is being followed is making the request through mail. This means that the person making the request would first have to download the relevant request form and accomplish it. Note that when the request form is sent to the office for processing, it should be accompanied by either a money order or a check to answer for the required fee which is five dollars for the first copy, plus an additional four dollars for every additional copy of the record that would be requested for at the same time.

Online databases may also be used to look for copies of marriage records. Using the internet, these databases could provide substantially the same information as the various government offices, albeit the platform that they are using means that such searches are faster and more efficient. Most actually charge the most minimum of fees and they could be used anywhere where there is a substantial internet connection.

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The procedure that is being followed at the Office of Vital Records of the Florida Department of Health is given below

  • Visit the website of the Office of Vital Records and download the relevant form
  • Accomplish the form.
  • Determine your required fee and make a money order or check to answer for the same.
  • Attach the money order or check to the application form.
  • Send the application form to the office for processing
  • Wait for the office to process your application. This would take anywhere between four to six weeks.

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