Atlanta which is located in north-central Georgia at the Eastern Continental Divide has been the capital city of Georgia since 1868. Georgia the only state with Sole Commissioner Government counties and its constitution provides all counties and cities with a home rule authority and so the county commissions have considerable power to pass legislation within their county as a municipality would. Georgia State has laws based on the separation of legislative, executive and judicial power. Georgia consists of 159 counties with own elected legislative branch, usually called the Board of Commissioners also has executive authority in the country.
Vital Records are documents of life events that are kept under governmental authority, including birth certificates, marriage licenses, death certificates, criminal records and Divorce Records. Vital records are considered to be primary source of information because of detailed information it contained. It is the state vital record office who maintains birth and death records from 1919 up to present and marriage application and licenses from 1952-1996 up to present. County files only contain records of vital events that occurred only in that county.
The state vital records office maintains birth and death records filed from 1919 to the present. Marriage applications and licenses from 1952-1996 are also on file and were available. Some counties may have older birth, death, marriage or divorce records in their file but county files only contain records of vital events that occurred in that county. When a couple applies for a marriage license, each must bring or present in the court a valid identification, such as a driver license, passport, security identification or even birth certificate is acceptable. For identifying documents that are printed in a language other than English, one must hire a notary to type a certified translation.
For previously married applicants, they are required to present a divorce decree to the court to be able to apply. Marriage license fees vary by county. However, applicants who do not want to pay the license fee can earn a premarital education program certificate. It is a six hour class that reviews basic marriage lessons such as budgeting and conflict resolution.
The Marriage Records of Georgia are all maintained and updated by The Department of Public Health. For immediate family member or legal guardian should present an authorization letter from the applicant to be able to get a marriage record. Marriage record that is requested from 1952 or after 1996 should first contact the probate court in the county where marriage was held before going to the office for confirmation purposes. A marriage record will cost ten dollars and to request for another copy will cost five dollars.
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