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Arizona Marriage, Death, Birth Records

Arizona began state-wide recording of births and deaths in July 1909, though marriage records are still recorded only in the county clerk of the superior court's office where the marriage occurred. The Office of Vital Records, Arizona Department of Health Services, P.O. Box 3887, Phoenix, Arizona 85030-3887, will supply a short or certified form of birth or death records for a fee. They are not open for public inspection, and the request must be notarized, indicating relationship to the person in the certificate.

Requests for marriage records and any birth or death records which might exist previous to 1909 should be addressed to the clerk of the superior court in the appropriate county seat. The Department of Library, Archives, and Public Records, (Arizona State Archives, 1700 West Washington, State Capital, Phoenix, Arizona 85007) has territorial records of marriage licenses in their manuscript collection.

Divorces may be found in civil court records in the county although responsibility for divorce records in Arizona has varied. Originally part of the Territorial Legislature (1863), it moved to the district courts (see Court Records) during the 1870s. The specific court with the responsibility for divorce records within the superior court has changed over time.

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