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Marriage and divorce records in Arizona are maintained by the Clerk of the Superior Court in the county where the event occurred. Marriage and divorce records are not available from the Office of Vital Records.  
Marriage and divorce records in Arizona are maintained by the Clerk of the Superior Court in the county where the event occurred. Marriage and divorce records are not available from the Office of Vital Records.  


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|+ '''Information in Arizona Marriage Records'''  
|+ '''Information in Arizona Marriage Records'''  
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="50" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Types of Information'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="50" | '''Types of Information'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''1816 - 1912'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''1816 - 1912'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''1912 - present'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''1912 - present'''
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Name of Bride/Groom'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Name of Bride/Groom'''  
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Date of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Date of Marriage'''  
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Location of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Location of Marriage'''  
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Presiding Official'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Presiding Official'''  
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | <br>  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | &nbsp;
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | &nbsp;
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Place of Birth'''  
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| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | '''&nbsp;'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''&nbsp;'''
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| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" align="center" | '''Residence at Time of Marriage'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#99ccff" height="25" | '''Residence at Time of Marriage'''  
| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | <br>  
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| width="16%" valign="middle" align="center" | '''&nbsp;'''
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*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an Arizona couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Clark County, Nevada|Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada]], or [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma, Yuma, Arizona]].<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).</ref>


=== Divorce Records  ===
=== Divorce Records  ===


The earliest divorce records were granted by the territorial legislature and are found in the published '''Territorial Statutes'''. Later divorce proceedings were kept by the '''district court '''of each county until 1912, when the '''superior court '''was given this '''jurisdiction.&nbsp;'''  
The earliest divorce records were granted by the territorial legislature and are found in the published '''Territorial Statutes'''. Later divorce proceedings were kept by the '''district court '''of each county until 1912, when the '''superior court '''was given this '''jurisdiction.&nbsp;'''


== Death Records  ==
== Death Records  ==
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