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Marriage
Certificates: Where & Why You Should Check Them
Marriage certificates are the official documents that prove a
marriage did take place. Marriage certificates are different from
marriage licenses, in that the latter are official authorizations that allow
couples to marry.
Marriage Certificates: Where to
Get Them
Marriage certificates are
generally available from both government vital records offices and vendor
websites. However, vendor websites usually can't issue copies of marriage
licenses, since these are only available through the county or the state under
which jurisdiction the marriage ceremony took place.
Marriage certificates are part
of the vital records maintained by the State Health Departments. To call the
government office in your state that sells copies of marriage certificates,
click on your state at
this page.
One of the best vital records
search engines for the US is
Vitalrec.com. It's an online directory that can help you find the government
office you need by state and by county so you can request marriage certificates,
divorce decrees, etc. It even suggests related links for your search and has a
cool name-search engine at the bottom of each page.
The mere presence of a marriage
license doesn't mean that a marriage took place. (Many couples have taken out
marriage license but never pushed through with the nuptials). But marriage
certificates are sufficient legal proof that the nuptials really happened.
Marriage Certificates: Who Can
Access Them
Anyone. For as long as the
marriage record isn't classified as confidential. In California, for instance,
couples can have their marriage certificates classified as confidential. This
option was probably created for celebrities, who often use it, but even
non-celebrities may have a confidential marriage record for whatever reason.
Access to confidential marriage
certificates may require signed and notarized authorizations. If you pay a third
party website to access a confidential marriage record, the fee you pay may not
be returned even if the search fails.
Marriage Certificates: Why
Check Them?
Everyone, or, based on
statistics, women who are planning to marry a man they've only recently met
check marriage certificates.
In general, however, marriage
certificates are a matter of public record. Their public access is governed by
disclosure laws, which seek to protect American families from serial bigamists
and con artists.
Men who maintain several
married relationships have victimized many women across America. Although fraud
and serial bigamy may take place across states, some of these men have been
discovered to maintain several married relationships within miles of each other!
Often, the discovery takes
place only after the emotional, mental, and financial damage has been
substantial. Because the women who were victimized by these con artists wanted
to believe the best about their men, perhaps the farthest thing from their minds
was doing a background check.
Experts recommend that
performing a marriage record check on the man's name is a good idea. If the name
is relatively common, you may have to spend a few dollars is checking out the
actual copy of the marriage record for details. If not, a name-search can be
done free using several search engines.
This is only a starting
point, of course, especially since some con artists use an alias (although,
surprisingly, many don't!). A more comprehensive background check will also
include a credit investigation.
Learn and understand more about
the marriage certificate and its purposes by browsing around
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