Los Angeles County Marriage Records

Legitimate children are the products of a legitimate marriage, and legitimate children certainly have more rights than illegitimate ones. When a child seeks to prove his legitimacy, he needs first to prove the existence of a valid marriage between his purported parents. This is one of the reasons why there are such things as marriage records, because the best proof that something exist is the official record of the same, and Los Angeles County Marriage Records are certainly the official record of the existence of a marriage.

Of course, children seeking to prove their legitimacy are not the only people who are out looking for Marriage Records Los Angeles County. There are several other uses for such records, but note that only those who are parties to the marriage, or are related to them, who could get their hands on certified copies of the same. For everyone else, there are informational copies, and though they provide the same information as the certified copies, informational copies could not be used for official purposes.

Los Angeles County Marriage License Records are available from a number of sources, but the first source that a searcher would inevitably turn to would be the local source in the form of the office of the recorder. To submit a request at this office, the office of the official custodian of all public records within the county, the searcher would first have to download the relevant form and accomplish the same. A request for a certified copy, as they are only available to those who are related to the parties to the marriage, would require that the application form first be notarized. The next step would be to make a money order to correspond to the required fee which is fifteen dollars per copy requested. Once accomplished, the searcher should then send all required forms and the application form to the office for processing. The usual processing time is between two to ten days.

California Marriage Records are also available from a state level source in the form of the California Department of Public Health. As this is a state level organization, the department has records from all over California so that if there are no records at the local level, perhaps, there are records here. To request for records at this department, the searcher would also have to download the relevant form from the website of the department, but unlike the local level, at this level, there are two forms, each corresponding to the type of record that could be requested. All other restrictions and formal requisites apply, so that a request for a certified copy could only be affected by a party to the marriage or someone related to then, and the application form for the same must first be notarized. The required fee is also fifteen dollars.

There are a number of online databases that may be able to provide the records that are going to be requested for using a faster and more efficient method. These databases are mostly unaffiliated with the government, but they do provide the same information as the government, though, of course, they could only provide informational copies. Fast, efficient, and easier to use, these databases depend upon the internet to affect their search, and this means that the search could be conducted from the home of the user, without a need to fall in line or, indeed, even to leave the home of the user.

Marriage Records Los Angeles County
The procedure below is for requests at the local source

• – Visit the website of the county clerk and download the relevant form
• – Accomplish the form, taking careful note of the formal requisites such as the notarization required for certified copies.
• – Determine your required fee
• – Make a money order to correspond to the same and attach said money order to the application form.
• – Send the application form and all other attachments, as may be required, to the office for processing.

Los Angeles County Marriage License Records

Other pertinent information may be obtained through the following links

• – Los Angeles County
• – Clerk-Recorder
• – County Counsel
• – District Attorney
• – Library
• – Public Health
• – California Department of Public Health
• – Center for Disease Control