Getting Hold Of Free Online Florida Divorce Records

Florida Divorce Records has been maintained in the State Office of Vital Statistics under Florida Department of Health since 1927. During that year, a law was enacted to promote centralization of marriage and divorce records. Florida divorce records are officially termed as the Dissolution of Marriage Records.

Since Florida is the 4th largest state by population in the United States with 18 million people, millions of divorce records have been filed since the centralization in 1927. With a rate of 6 out of a 1000 people, Florida is amongst the leaders in divorce filed. 

Florida Department of Health have recorded divorce records since 1927 up to the present. Getting a copy or copies of divorce records is easy since there are no restrictions. A fee of $5 and all the necessary information are all that’s needed. However, when your order has already been made or your request has already been sent to the office, the department will implement the "NO REFUNDS" policy. Even when the divorce records that you requested are not found in the files, the department will still not give a refund and will give out a certificate stating that the records you requested are not found in the department.

An order for these records can be made through mail. You just need to send a signed letter or an application form with information about the records being ordered and information about who is making the order. Send this information along with the fee, whether check or cash, then mail it to the Bureau of Vital Statistics. If you are not sure as to when the divorce was filed, provide a range of possible years where the record might have been filed in order to make it easier to locate.  An additional fee of $2 is needed for every additional year searched. Include the range of years on your original order and include the extra fees. Additional copies cost $4 when ordered at the same time. 

An estimated 2 to 3 weeks is needed for the processing of copies of the records. A “RUSH” service is also offered for those in a hurry. A “RUSH” service takes lesser time for processing but would cost more ($10). And for those who need the records right away, Express delivery offers processing and delivering of the divorce records over night. 

Divorce records are hard to find. Although they are labelled as "public records", they are not easy to gather. Databases of a certain state are not connected with the database of another state. That’s where commercial record keepers come in handy. They provide live databases that offer faster, easier and more convenient way of searching for divorce records. Al so these databases are always updated, making it reliable for searches.