Ohio Free Divorce Records

By Ben Kingsley


The office that is tasked to preserve Ohio Divorce Records is the Office of Vital Records, Ohio Health Department. The department has been maintaining divorce documents since 1954 up to this point. Divorce documents are filed and granted at a county of clerk only, but all documented divorce cases are then directed to the Health Department because it is the state's central repository.

Since divorce records are not filed directly at the State Health Department, the department cannot issue certified copies of the records. They are only allowed to provide a copy that is abstract in form with particulars that prove the validation of a divorce. An abstract copy includes the name of the husband and the wife, their birthdays, date and place of divorce, and others. Particulars that are confidential are kept hidden from the public and can only be viewed by the husband, the wife, their respective lawyers, and other parties as specified by law.

There are certain fees in accessing the records at the Health Department or at the Clerk of Courts which are payable by check or money order. The fees vary depending on which county the records are from, what kind of request is chosen, and how much information you provide. If you can provide more information about a record, it will be retrieved faster and you will pay less. If you are unable to provide more information, expect that the retrieval process will be longer and will cost more. It usually takes around 2 to 3 weeks to process any request, and in some cases, it may take longer than that.

The Office of Vital Statistics of the Ohio Health Department has an official website. An application form can be downloaded from that website. The form has a divorce record section that needs to be filled-out accordingly with particulars such as names of the husband and the wife, and the date and place of the divorce if known. All procedures specified by the Health Department or the Clerk of Court that is taking care of the records should be followed step-by-step or else the application will be rejected.

Divorce records can also be retrieved through private websites. You do not need to worry about any legality issues because these websites have the authorization from the court to provide such records to the public. Some sites provide the records for free while others render a certain amount of fee. Before choosing which website to use, make sure that you run a background check on them so that you will know if they have a good track record or not.

There are also some websites that allow you to search Records of Divorce from around the United States. They come in handy if you do not know which exact to search from. They run a database that is linked to the database of different states. If you follow all the steps correctly, you will be able to get the records that you want in a matter of seconds.




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