Dallas County Receiving a Copy of Marriage and Divorce Records

Under Alabama state law, determining whether or not someone is currently married or has ever been married, as well as if they have ever been divorced, is considered to be public knowledge. This means that, unlike many other official records for Dallas County, Alabama, getting ahold of the marital status of an individual is an easy and straightforward process.

Receiving a copy of a marriage certificate or a divorce certificate in Dallas County, Alabama is also easy because the same institution maintains all of the Vital Records, of which marriage and divorce records are a part, for the entire state. That group is the Alabama Department of Public Health, and, provided that you are willing to pay a small fee, you can access these records at any time.

For more information regarding records of marriage and marital status, then visit this link: http://adph.org/vitalrecords/index.asp?id=1562. For the version of this page that deals with divorce, then visit this link: http://adph.org/vitalrecords/index.asp?id=1561.

The fee that is required by the ADPH for any such record is $15.00 for the first copy, and each additional copy will cost only $6.00. Because the ADPH charges this nominal fee for Vital Records, these records cannot be found online in an official capacity.

You can also visit the ADPH branch office of Dallas County at 100 Samuel O. Moseley Drive, Selma, AL 36701, or speak with a representative yourself by dialing (334)874-2550.