Request a Marriage Record
Complete record request and forward to address listed below with payment.
Name
Mailing address
Instructions
Requestor
Identify party making
marriage record request.
1
Phone
Email
Record type
Identify type of record
needed, quantity, date of
marriage and applicants.
Note:
Certified records are
accepted for domestic use.
(Driver’s license and social
security card name
change).
Exemplified records are
necessary for international
use. (VISA, Dual citizenship).
2
Quantity:
CERTIFIED COPY (Domestic)
EXEMPLIFIED COPY (International)
Applicant name:
Date of marriage:
Applicant name:
List name prior to marriage in the fields below.
Submit your completed request in hard copy to the following address:
Office of the Register of Wills
Attention: Marriage Record Dept.
City Hall, Room 415
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Make sure to include:
• Completed request form
• Self-addressed stamped envelope
• $15 money order for research (All money orders are to be made payable to: Clerk of the Orphans’ Court)
o In addition to research fee, when applicable: $25 money order for CERTIFIED COPY
Or
$50 money order for EXEMPLIFIED COPY
What happens next Processing time for record request is 7 to 10 business days. If no record is found, requestor will be notified by letter.
If you have any additional questions, please contact our Marriage Records Department at (215) 686-2234 or
marri[email protected].
License # (If known):
