California Updated And Free Divorce Records Online

by Claire Dowell

If you are looking for the records of a Divorce in California, you can head to the Vital Records Office, Department of Health Services. Initially, when the Health Department started disseminating divorce files, they did not require any payment. But throughout the years, the cost of processing requests have increased and forced the department to impose corresponding fees to whoever requests for them.

The Vital Records Office keeps files of divorces that were granted from 1962 up to 1984. Certified divorce files are stored only at the specific Clerk of Superior Court that approved the divorce. The Vital Records office is only authorized to disseminate divorce certificates which the court does not accepts as a legal file that can be used in a court trial.

A certified divorce record is given only to both spouses and their respective lawyers. Other parties that do not have authorization to access the certified records will only be provided with a divorce certificate. A request form can be obtained from the Vital Records office. The form needs to be completed appropriately and submitted to the office together with a sworn statement. If the request form is sent via mail, the sworn statement should get notarized and be signed by the requestor. There is a fee of $13 for each request and an additional $7 if the request is sent through fax.

Government agencies employ only a handful of people. That is why transactions take longer to process, reaching 15 to 20 weeks. If you do not need the records immediately, there should not be any trouble. But if you need them right away, you can get them from search tools. Government agencies have their own website where they keep public files in their database. Online search tools also have their own database and they have the permission of the court to provide the files to the public. Getting the files through online search tools saves you an ample amount of time.

There are two kinds of private websites that provide public records to the public: free sites and paid sites. Free sites offer basic pieces of information of the records such as the name of the couple, their birthday, date and place of divorce, and the likes. Paid sites also provide the basic pieces of information and a little bit more for a certain fee. You may register as a member so you can enjoy unlimited searches and get more information each time or you may pay per name searched. A membership fee is paid only once and there are no other fees after that.

Marriage and Divorce records are stored together because they are related. Marriage records are required when filing for a divorce. Meanwhile, a certified divorce record Is required for the application of a marriage license. Service providers provide marriage and divorce records. requirements needed to complete an application may vary from state to state.



If you need information and advice on <a href="http://gov-record.org/california-divorce-records/">Divorce Records California</a>, we can help you. Visit us at <a href="http://www.state-divorce-records.com/">Divorce Records</a> for all the facts about public divorce records.

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