Greene County, Alabama – Marriage and Divorce Records
Finding records of just about any kind for Greene County, Alabama can be a tremendous pain. This is due both to outdated websites and privacy laws, and can make getting ahold of information an exercise in frustration and patience. However, this is not the case with marriage and divorce records.
This is due to two different things: the first is because under Alabama state law, all marriage and divorce records are considered public knowledge. All that you need to do is request the information with the appropriate forms, and they are legally obligated to give you that information. Shortly, we will show you how to do this. The other reason that these records are so easily obtained is because all of these records are maintained by the Alabama Department of Public Health, whom have an excellent set of web tools.
The most important two for you if you are looking for marriage certificates and divorce records will be the page for marriage records, which is located at http://adph.org/vitalrecords/index.asp?id=1562 , and the page for divorce records, which can be found at http://adph.org/vitalrecords/index.asp?id=1561.
You should be aware, however, that any copy of a Vital Record will incur a $15.00 fee for the first copy, and each copy after that will cost $6.00.
Because Greene County does not have an ADPH branch office, you will have to handle all transactions with them through their database. The main page of the ADPH can be had at http://adph.org.