Kentucky Free Marriage Records

By Ben Kingsley


The state of Kentucky implements the Freedom of Information Act. With this, the public documents of the state can be obtained by its local residents anytime they have a need for it. Kentucky marriage license records are among the public documents that can be obtained.

Marriage certificates in the state of Kentucky are used in a number of reasons. Updating the family tree would require looking at a number of documents to be able to completely update the family history and one of the important documents used as reference is the marriage record. When doing some transactions with the government that may involve the finances of the couple, a marriage certificate may be one of the documents that need to be provided in order to proceed with any request. The document is also used as reference by people who checks on the marital status of the one's they are going out with.

Details about the marriage of a couple are what the document focuses on. One would know the complete names of the bride and the groom as well as the date and the place where the couple got married. The document would also show some personal details of the bride and the groom such as the birth details, residence address and occupation at the time of the marriage. Additional information that can be found on the file includes the names of the witnesses and the parents of the couple.

In order to obtain a copy of a marriage certificate in the state of Kentucky, one has to request it at the county where it occurred. Unlike other states, such document is not available at the Vital Records Section. Although, the said office can help provide you information about where to obtain the document, a fee of $6 has to be paid for the verification process. The actual copy of the marriage certificate has to be requested only at the county of occurrence and a separate processing fee has to be paid which may vary per county.

Marriage records that occurred from June 1958 are the only documents that can be obtained from the state of Kentucky. An application form has to be filled out with the basic information of the marriage license that is being requested. The one who filed the request has to indicate their personal details on the request form along with the reason for requesting it. One is only given the freedom to request for a copy of a marriage certificate if they are the bride or the groom and immediate family of the couple. The office accepts mailed-in request, however, it is not the fastest method.

The Internet now allows retrieval of a marriage and divorce records. This makes the search faster and convenient since the search can be done even without going to any office. Some websites now offer to let their users test their system for free.




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