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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.

Only divorce records that were filed between 1962 and 1984 can be found at the Vital Records Office. However, they can only provide a divorce certificate, which can only be used as a source of reference and not as a legal document. Certified divorce records are kept at the exact Clerk of Superior Court that finalized the divorce. Only certified divorce records are recognized by the court as a legal file that can be used in a court hearing.

Any person can request for a divorce certificate but only the couple and their representatives have full access to the certified divorce records. A request form is available at the California Health Department. The request form should be filled-out correctly and be submitted with a signed sworn statement. If the request is through mail, the sworn statement should be signed and be notarized. A request costs $13 and there is an additional fee of $7 in case you want to fax your request.

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.




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