Poinsett County, Arkansas Marriage Records

 

Marriages in Poinsett County totaled 222 at a rate of 8.8 (per 1,000 residents) in 2005. The Arkansas Department of Health issues this report, viewable by clicking here: http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/stats/2005vital/ANN802.HTM.

 

Marriage License Requirements

 

Both of you need to be present when you apply for a marriage license, and you also need to include a payment of $58 in cash. You will need to provide proof of age; if you’re over 21, you can just show a driver’s license, but if you’re under 21, you’ll need a birth record or military ID. For those of you under 18 (men age 17 and women age 16-17), you will need to have your parents’ consent to marry. No proof of residency, blood test or a witness at the ceremony is required. After approval, you’ll have 60 days to use the license or lose it, and a $100 bond will be placed on both of you. After the ceremony, you’ll have seven days to return the license to the County Clerk.

 

County Clerk of Poinsett County

 

You can send your marriage license back to the Poinsett County and Probate Clerk at 401 Market St., Harrisburg, AR 72432. Call the County and Probate Clerk with questions at (870) 578-4410, or fax your inquiries to (870) 578-2441. This is also the office where you can obtain a marriage record.

 

Marriage Coupons from the Arkansas Department of Health

 

While marriage records are only obtained from the County Clerk, you can obtain a marriage coupon (which is essentially the same as a marriage record) from the Arkansas Department of Health.

 

Marriage Coupons Limitations

 

Marriage records are never public; unless you are the husband, the wife, their attorneys or the immediate family, you are never able to view the information on a marriage record.

 

Marriage Coupon Requirements

 

Send $10, the following form:

http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programsServices/certificatesVitalRecords/Documents/vr-9_marriage_app.pdf, and this information: the full name of the groom, the full name of the bride (as well as her maiden name), the marriage date, the county in which the license was issued, your relationship to the people named on the marriage certificate, and your reason for requesting the certificate to the Arkansas Department of Health.

 

The address is: The Arkansas Department of Health, 4815 W. Markham Street, Slot 44, Little Rock, AR 72205. The Arkansas Department of Health can be reached at (501) 661-2336 or (800) 637-9314.