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Searching Public Records You can access vital records, including marriage records, online or in person at the courthouse of the city where the marriage was likely to occur, and you can usually see a copy for free or for a small fee.

The Delaware Public Archives holdings contain marriage records older than 50 years. If you were married before these years, please contact the Archives via their Contact Form and choose the category "Marriage Certificates" or call (302) 744-5000 to request a certified copy of your certificate(s).

Marriage licenses may be found in the county records where the marriage occurred. You can obtain marriage records for the most recent 40 years old by writing to the Bureau of Vital Statistics. For marriages recorded more than 40 years ago, contact the Delaware Public Archives.

Marriage Fees ServiceFeeMarriage license for Delaware residents$ 50.00Marriage license for non-Delaware residents$100.00Recording Fee applied to all Marriage Licenses$ 20.00Certified copy of a Marriage or Civil Union license$ 25.0014 more rows

Delaware law indicates that once a birth record reaches 72 years of age, marriage records 50 years of age, and death records 40 years of age, they then become (open to the) public.

(a) A clergyperson or minister of any religion, current and former Judges of this State's Supreme Court, Superior Court, Family Court, Court of Chancery, Court of Common Pleas, Justice of the Peace Court, federal Judges, federal Magistrates, clerks of the peace of various counties and current and former judges from ...