Sunday 20 July 2014

Missouri Free Public Divorce Records

By Ben Kingsley


The divorce record Missouri manages and issues to its people are one of the many documents that the residents of the state have access. This was done in accordance to the Freedom of Information Act. The said act lets the residents of a certain state to have freedom towards accessing their personal records in government offices.

Divorce records in Missouri are requested by the local residents to use for a number of reasons. One is to use it for government transactions. A divorcee needs to update their status in the government records and one of the required documents that need to be submitted is the divorce records. Any transactions that involve the finances of the couple would call for a copy of a divorce certificate. Application for remarriage would call for a copy of the divorce certificates. This is to prove ones marital status. In addition to that, such document is also used as a reference when conducting a background check especially when looking up information about the marital status of an individual.

One can find a lot of information from a divorce certificate. The date and place where the couple filed for separation are indicated on the file. The names of the people involved are also shown on the certificate. However, not all details about the separation are available in a public document. Such information includes the reason for the divorce. One will not find information about who petitioned for the separation on a public file. Sensitive information such as the asset and property division is also kept private. One cannot find details about the children's custody.

The office of the Vital Records Section at the Department of Health is not responsible for releasing a copy of a divorce certificate. Instead, one has to go to the local county particularly the office of the Clerk of the Circuit County at the office where the divorce was filed. The state office can only help by providing you the information as to where the record can be requested from. A $15 processing fee has to be paid in order to proceed with the search. Only records from July 1948 are available for request in Missouri.

A request form has to be submitted in order to proceed with the search for divorce certificate. The form should contain the basic information about the document of interest as well as the contact details of the one who filed the request. Unfortunately, not everyone can get access to the divorce records of the state. The state only allows the residents to request their personal files. A special request has to be filed in order to get access to the records of other people.

The state of Missouri now allows the retrieval of online divorce records. This basically hastens the retrieval process. Residents of Missouri prefer to search for the record online since it is faster and convenient. The accuracy of the search is not a problem because the official website of the state is linked to several websites in order to provide the best possible result. There are even sites that offer free public re cords search.




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