Union County Marriage Records

Perhaps it is not too farfetched to say that the day that a person gets married is one of the happiest days in his or her life. Marriage is something that is supposed to last forever, and it is supposed to be done with the person that one could imagine spending his or her forever with. Before a marriage could happen, however, there are some requirements that must first be met, and foremost of this is the issuance of a formal marriage license. It is that marriage license that forms the core of a collection of records known as marriage records, and an example of marriage records would be Union County Marriage Records.

Like all marriage records, Marriage Records Union County are public records. This classification means that they are available to the public at all times, though they could not be removed from the place where they are formally kept. Nevertheless, copies of these records may be had by the public for even the flimsiest of reasons. Of course, the fact that they are public records also means that they are given the presumption of regularity. Under this presumption, the contents of the records are presumed to be correct at all times, and the one who says otherwise would have the burden of proving his or her allegation.

Copies of Union County Marriage License Records are available from a number of sources, but in general, they are divided into either a local level or state level source. Local level sources are the first resources where a person who desires a copy of the record should go, though it may be a problem identifying the local probate court where the records are kept. This is because probate courts have territorial jurisdictions which translate to the fact that a local probate court would not have copies of marriage licenses issued by another probate court. Nevertheless, if the person who desires the copy knows where he or she could find the record that he or she desires, then the probate court is the best place to search for the record in question.

Copies of Georgia Marriage Records are also available through the state level sources. There is only one office, however, where such records may be requested from, and this would be the office of vital records of the Georgia Department of Health. The procedure here requires the person who wants a copy of the record to first obtain a request form and accomplish the same. The completed application form should then be sent to the office for processing, though note that when the same is sent to the office, it must be accompanied by either a money order or check to answer for the required fee which is ten dollars for the first request, plus an additional five dollars for every additional copy of the exact same record requested. A request for another record would require a different accomplished request form.

Finally, it is also possible to search for marriage records online through the use of online databases. Using the internet, these databases could provide substantially the same information as the various government databases, but they do so using a platform that is more efficient and faster. They also charge less because most of them charge only the most minimum of fees for the use of their services.

Marriage Records Union County
The procedure to follow at the local level is given below

• – Head over to the probate court and locate their records division.
• – At the records division, inform the clerk on duty of your intention to request for marriage – records.
• – Several questions regarding the record would then be asked of you. Try to answer as accurately as possible to limit the search criteria.
• – Using your answers, the clerk would then use their own database to search for all records matching the criteria that you had given.
• – From the list of records generated by the database, you would then be asked to indicate the record or records that you want.
• – The clerk would then produce those records that you had indicated.
• – Make sure that these are the records that you are after.
• – Ask that copies of the records be made for you.
• – Pay the required fee before claiming your copies of the records.

Union County Marriage License Records

Additional information may be obtained through the following links

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