Texas Marriage Records Available Online

The public records of Texas including Texas Marriage Records are kept at the office of the Department of Health Services under the Vital Statistics Section. In order to obtain a copy of a marriage certificate, one has to seek verification from the county clerk office where the marriage took place. 
Only records that have been registered since 1966 can be obtained at the office of the Vital Statistics Section. A nonrefundable $20 fee has to be paid in order to have the request processed. Filing the request can be done straight from the office. One just needs to wait 30 minutes to 2 hours for the records to be given. 
If going to the office is not possible at the moment, a mail order can be sent via the US Postal Services. All of the needed requirements including the$20 processing fee have to be included on the mail order.  The office does not accept cash if the request was done via mail. Payment should be made through a mail order or a check addressed to the office. A wait time of at least 6 weeks is needed to have the results of the requests sent back to the address of the one who filed the request. 
The emergence of the Internet has improved the retrieval process especially the wait time. One can save a lot of time since there is no need to go to the office to file the request because it can be done even at the comforts of your own home. Also, the records are displayed on the screen after doing just a few clicks of the mouse. There are even a lot of websites that can assist you with the search. 
Some websites offer a free search of a marriage records. This is done by letting the users test the website’s application and services for free. However, the results of the free search may not be as reliable as that of a paid search. There are a lot of providers that do not provide accurate results on a free search. Also, there are a lot of spammers online that may give out viruses along with the results of the free search. One has to be aware of this when going for a free search to avoid being spammed and tricked. Many would save the trouble of going through all of this by simply paying for the search. 
Marriage records online that have been obtained using the paid services of a website has quality results that can be used right way. One can be sure about the completeness and accuracy of the record obtained from a paid search. These paid websites also refund the money spent especially if the requested file is not found.