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Storing marriage records from the past to the present has always been something the state of Florida has been good at. Over 5 million such records are kept on file at the Vital Statistics Office of Florida. Strict protocols have to be observed by those desirous of searching as well as obtaining these records in Florida due to the confidentiality regiment.

A request can be made to obtain such records; either by getting in touch with the person via phone, email or fax or in person (who is in charge of these documents). All in all, to find such records in Florida, the marriages would have to have occurred in Florida. Ideally, after each marriage ceremony, the marriage license is given to the Clerk of Court who them saves it on file for future purposes. These documents are usually well organized. In addition, to obtain these records from dating from before June 6, 1927, the County Clerk of Court would have to be visited for such information where the license was originally given.

People refer to these documents for a variety of reasons.

Due to this factor, the State of Florida has made it easier for people to access them by making them public. Along with some of the policies instituted by State of Florida with regards to these records, a small fee was also attached. This fee the governing body placed at $5 per request for each certification and $4 for each additional certification produced. Other constituents of the policies are that no restrictions should be placed on the amount of orders of such records; the fees apply to all and are non-refundable regardless of the status. Only duplicate copies of the not found marriage records are refundable when a written request has been made.

The Department of Health of Florida is responsible for all vital records including Marriage, Birth, Death and Divorce files. These are all made public by this entity. Additionally, it is further overruled by the laws of the state of Florida. The state repository in the office of Vital Statistics in Jacksonville has marriage records dating as far back as June 6, 1927. All reports pertaining to these files are directed to the Florida Department of Health.

Now the internet has been brought on board to provide such information. Now Florida residents can obtain this information with ease online. Other benefits include the fact that anyone can search these records in private anywhere, anytime with the vast amount of data available in no time.

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