Clayton County Marriage Records

There are very few events that could happen to a person that could affect the people surrounding a person even if the affected person was not yet born during the time of the happening of that event. One of these events is the act of getting married, for marriage is something that changes the status of a person, and status is something that would affect everyone around the person whose status had changed. Status, after all, could define rights and obligations that are binding upon the whole world, at the same time that it could define the rights of a person who is not yet born, such as any subsequent child of that marriage. It is for this reason that marriage records like Clayton County Marriage Records are very important.

Marriage records like Marriage Records Clayton County enjoy the presumption of regularity because it is the government that makes and keeps these records. Of course, the original copies of the records would never be made available for take home to any person, but they are available for perusal by anybody, and they could be copies. Once copies and certified by the authorized authority, then the copies are almost as good as the originals, and many jurisdictions would not even inquire as to the contents of the records once it could be proven to exist.

Copies of Clayton County Marriage License Records may be obtained from one of two sources, and the first of these two sources would be at the local level. Before a search could be affected at this level, the searcher must first make sure that the records that he or she is interested in came from the county over which the probate court has jurisdictions over, because the probate court would not have copies of marriage records issued by another probate court. The procedure to request at this level would require the person who wishes to obtain the record to first go to the records division and make the request there. Note that the local level cannot entertain requests for copies of records through the use of mail. Note further that while the procedure would require the person to go to the records division, this is actually the more efficient method because the records would be made available, as much as possible, within the same day that they are requested for.

Copies of Marriage Records in Georgia are also available at the state level through the office of vital records of the Georgia Department of Health. At this level, the procedure would require the procurement of the request form and the accomplishment of the same before it could be sent to the office for processing. Note that when the form is sent, it must not only be accomplished but accompanied by the fifteen dollar required fee in the form of a money order or check.

Owing to advances in technology, it is now possible to procure marriage records online from online databases that provide substantially the same information as the various government sources. Easy to access and even easier to use with only the most basic knowledge of the use of internet search engines, these databases are also cheaper to use because most would only charge the most minimum of fees for the use of their services.

Marriage Records Clayton County
The following procedures must be followed when searching for records through the local level sources

• – At the records division of the local probate court, inform the clerk on duty of your intentions.
• – The clerk would ask you some questions regarding the record that you are interested in.
• – The answers you give would then form part of your search criteria.
• – Using the search criteria that you had provided, the clerk would then search for all records matching your criteria and the results would be displayed on their database software.
• – From the results of the search, you would be asked to identify the records that you want.
• – The clerk would then produce the record or records that you had indicated for your perusal.
• – Make sure that these are the records that you want before asking that copies be made for you.
• – Pay the required fee before claiming your copies of the record or records.

Clayton County Marriage License Records

For further information, refer to the links given below

• – Clayton County
• – Clerk of Court
• – District Attorney
• – Probate Court
• – Library
• – Georgia Department of Health
• – Office of Vital Records
• – Center for Disease Control Vital Records