Find Carroll County Marriage Records

Carroll County Marriage License

Marriage licenses in Carroll County are issued by the Recorder of Deeds. Janet Horine serves as Circuit Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder of Deeds, so marriage licensing is handled in Suite 3 at the Carroll County Courthouse, 8 S Main, Carrollton, Missouri 64633. The recorder line is 660-542-0615 Ext. 6, and the office email for recorder matters is recorder@carrollcountymo.gov. General office hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through Friday, but marriage applications have their own narrower counter hours.

Both applicants must appear together in person. Each applicant must be at least 18 years old, show valid government-issued photo identification, and affirm that the information provided is true and that the marriage is lawful under Missouri rules. Applicants who were married before must provide the date the last marriage dissolved. The local recorder rules also state that applicants must not be related through and including first cousins.

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The marriage license process is local and in person. A license may be issued at the time of application, but the couple must stay within Missouri's 30-day ceremony window. If the wedding date is more than 30 days away, the recorder says the couple must wait to pick up the license. The completed license must be given to the person performing the ceremony before the wedding, then returned by the officiant within 15 days after the ceremony.

1. Call the Recorder of Deeds at 660-542-0615 Ext. 6 if timing, ID, or prior-marriage details are uncertain.
2. Both applicants go to Suite 3 during the marriage application hours, not just the general office hours.
3. Bring valid government photo identification and the required marriage license fee.
4. Provide the date the last marriage dissolved if either applicant was previously married.
5. Pick up the license within the 30-day ceremony window and give it to the officiant before the ceremony.
6. Confirm the officiant returns the completed license to the Recorder within 15 days.
7. Request a certified copy from the Recorder after the license is recorded.

Carroll County Marriage Fees

The local fee schedule is a recorder fee schedule, not a court filing fee schedule. It covers the marriage license, marriage copies, certification, ordinary recorder copies, and related recorder services. The marriage license fee is listed as nonrefundable, and the recorder page says payment may be made by cash, credit or debit card, or money order. Divorce filing costs are not listed in the recorder fee schedule because divorce is a Circuit Court case type, so the Circuit Clerk should be contacted for current court costs.

The image sourced from the Missouri dissolution and legal separation judgment statute helps separate divorce records from marriage-license records.

That distinction matters because a marriage license is a Recorder record, while a divorce judgment is part of a Circuit Court domestic-relations case.

Carroll County Marriage Application Details

The county research did not locate a separate downloadable marriage application form, but the recorder rules identify the details applicants should be ready to provide at the counter. The signature is treated as a sworn affirmation. False or incomplete information can delay the license or create legal problems for the ceremony.

Search Carroll County Marriage Records

Carroll County marriage records from 1950 to present are searchable on recorder terminals available for public use. The Recorder page also states that iCounty can be used to search Marriage Records, Real Estate, and Tax Liens. Public indexed data is available online without images, showing names, recording date, and book and page information. Images and printing require a contract or subscription access level through iCounty.

Use the recorder channel when the goal is a marriage license record, a certified marriage copy, or an older marriage index. Certified copies still require contacting the Recorder of Deeds. The public online index is useful for locating the record, but it is not a substitute for a certified copy when a government agency, benefit office, school, court, or other formal recipient requires certification.

For account-based searching, iCounty registration asks for email, first name, last name, phone number, password, reCAPTCHA, and agreement to the service terms. The public login page lists a free registered-user tier, a single-day subscription, and monthly subscription options. Printing charges vary by tier.

Find Carroll County Divorce Records

Divorce records are not Recorder of Deeds records. In Carroll County, divorce and dissolution files are domestic-relations cases in the Circuit Court. Search public case information through Missouri Case.net by litigant name or case number, then contact the Circuit Clerk for copies, certification, older documents, or documents not available remotely. The Circuit Clerk is at Suite 3 in the same courthouse and can be reached through 660-542-0615 Ext. 1 options or carroll.county@courts.mo.gov.

Missouri dissolution petitions must allege that the marriage is irretrievably broken under RSMo 452.310. The judgment requirements for dissolution and legal separation are addressed in RSMo 452.305. Public divorce docket entries may show case number, filing date, party names, attorneys, hearings, orders, and judgment entries, but sensitive family details, child information, addresses, identifiers, and sealed filings may be redacted or withheld.

The second marriage-divorce source image comes from the Missouri dissolution petition statute, which is the court-side source for divorce case filing requirements.

Use Case.net for the public docket and the Circuit Clerk for the actual divorce file, copy status, and certification procedure.

Recorder vs Circuit Clerk

Carroll County can be confusing because Janet Horine holds the Circuit Clerk role and also serves as Ex-Officio Recorder of Deeds. The office suite is the same, but the record systems are not the same. Marriage licenses, recorded marriage copies, land records, tax liens, UCC fixture filings, plats, and military discharges are recorder records. Divorce cases, custody-related case events, protection orders, and other domestic court filings are Circuit Court records.

Note: County Clerk Petal J. Stanley is a separate county-government officer and is not the court file clerk for divorce cases.