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Arkansas marriage records

Who holds it: County Clerk issues and records marriage licenses1

Last checked against official sources on .

On this page
  1. How to search and order
  2. Fees
  3. Older records and indexes
  4. More details
  5. Related records in Arkansas
  6. How Arkansas handles it
  7. Marriage records in Arkansas counties with a full guide
  8. Official copies vs look-alike sites
  9. Sources

How to search and order

Copies
Certified copy from the issuing County Clerk: $5.00 (Pulaski). Statewide marriage coupon from ADH Vital Records: $10.00 per copy (records from 1917)1

Fees

Marriage license fee
$60.001

Older records and indexes

Older records
ADH marriage records start in 1917; the State Archives holds microfilmed county marriage records for all 75 counties2

More details

Requirements
Both applicants appear together with government photo ID; age 18 without parental consent; age 17 needs both parents and a notarized affidavit plus 5-business-day wait; license returned within 60 days1
Divorce records: who holds it
Circuit Clerk (domestic relations division of circuit court) holds the decree; ADH Vital Records issues divorce 'coupons' from 19233
Older records: vital records for genealogy
No official state birth/death records before 1914; some city records (Little Rock, Fort Smith, Pine Bluff births; Little Rock, Fort Smith, Hot Springs deaths) on county microfilm; Arkansas Prior Birth Index for delayed certificates4

How Arkansas handles it

  • Recorder is the Circuit Clerk (ex officio), not a separate register of deeds; county clerk handles marriage, DBA, voter registration and (in many counties) probate3
  • Pulaski County (Little Rock) has a combined Circuit and County Clerk office handling real estate, court records, marriage licenses, DBA and voter registration5
  • Birth certificates can be ordered at a Local Health Unit, not only in Little Rock; the death page says services are offered in all local health units; the marriage and divorce walk-in text names only the Little Rock office6

Marriage records in Arkansas counties with a full guide

The local office, its official online search and its own fee, for each county with a full guide. Local fees can differ from the statewide figures above.

CountyOfficeSearch onlineFee
Benton CountyBenton County Clerk7——
Craighead CountyCraighead County Clerk8Search8—
Faulkner CountyFaulkner County Clerk9—Certified copy fee: Certificate copy $5.0010
Garland CountyCounty Clerk's Office11—Certified $5 per copy; non-certified $1 each12
Pulaski CountyPulaski County Circuit and County Clerk, County Records Department13—Certified copy fee: $5.00 per certified copy, in person or by mail14
Saline CountySaline County Clerk16Search15—
Washington CountyWashington County Clerk17——

For any other county, see the county list on the Arkansas guide.

Official copies vs look-alike sites

A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any Arkansas office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.

Rules in other states: marriage records in every state. Everything else in Arkansas: Arkansas public records guide.

Sources

Every fact above links to the official page it comes from. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.

  1. Marriage LicensePulaski County Circuit/County Clerkchecked November 4, 2026
  2. Marriage Coupon Application (PDF)Arkansas Department of Healthchecked November 4, 2026
  3. Circuit ClerkFaulkner County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
  4. Research FAQs and TipsArkansas State Archiveschecked November 4, 2026
  5. Real Estate departmentPulaski County Circuit/County Clerkchecked November 4, 2026
  6. Order Birth RecordsArkansas Department of Healtharchived copychecked November 4, 2026
  7. Home - County ClerkBenton County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
  8. Craighead County Arkansas › Departmentschecked November 7, 2026
  9. Faulkner County GOV (home)Faulkner County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
  10. County ClerkFaulkner County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
  11. DepartmentsGarland County, ARchecked November 7, 2026
  12. Marriage LicensesGarland County, ARchecked November 7, 2026
  13. Circuit/County Clerk homePulaski County Circuit and County Clerkchecked November 4, 2026
  14. Marriage LicensePulaski County Circuit and County Clerkchecked November 4, 2026
  15. County Clerk - MarriageSaline County, ARchecked November 4, 2026
  16. County ClerkSaline County, ARchecked November 4, 2026
  17. County ClerkWashington County Clerkchecked November 4, 2026