Original Marriage Certificate

Certified copy a certified copy of a marriage certificate is a copy of the original certificate that was issued by the clerk signed by the officiant and recorded in our office.

Original marriage certificate. This copy is an exact replica of the original marriage certificate filed with the court. How to obtain a certified marriage certificate copy. Marriage licenses and marriage certificates. In some jurisdictions especially in the united states a marriage certificate is the official record that two people have undertaken a marriage ceremony.

In most states once you mail in your completed marriage license in a few weeks time you will be issued a marriage certificate. People often confuse a marriage license with a marriage certificate. Vital records now offers secure delivery and fast process times. A certified copy of the marriage certificate can be obtained by contacting the county clerks office in the county where the marriage was performed.

Click here to access a listing of all kansas county district courts. Marriage lines is an official statement that two people are marriedin most jurisdictions a marriage certificate is issued by a government official only after the civil registration of the marriage. Now that youve gotten your marriage license it is time to get the marriage certificate. Yet they each serve completely different purposes.

A marriage license is the piece of paper that authorizes you to get married. Vital records has marriage records since 1880 for marriage licenses purchased in all of new york state except new york city. The marriage license shows that you are eligible for a legal marriage. A marriage certificate is a government and public record that proves a couple is legally married.

The copy is created from an image that we have in digital format or on microfilm. Request a replacement marriage certificate. Department of state for legalization. A marriage certificate sometimes.

C 2019 the clerk of the city of new york. Marriage certificates began being filed with the office may 1 1913. You can easily request for your marriage certificate to be legalized under the same order. It does not have records for marriage licenses purchased in new york city the boroughs of manhattan kings brooklyn queens bronx and richmond staten island.

How to locate marriage records prior to may 1 1913. The marriage certificate functions as a record keeping document. Therefore it proves that you have registered your marriage into vital records marriage indexes. Its usually the certificate which proves two people are married that youll need.