Kansas Marriage & Divorce Vital Records

Kansas Vital Records Offices

• Record Type:

  Marriage Certificates
  Kansas State Department of Health & Environment
  Office of Vital Statistics
  1000 SW Jackson, #120
  Topeka, KS 66612-2221
  

  Phone:

  785-296-1400

  Fax:

  785-296-8075

  Website:

  Website

  Business Hours:

  8AM-5PM

  Note:

  Vital records are not considered public records in Kansas. Uncertified copies or verifications are not provided to the public. However, marriage information is available to the public at the county level where event took place.

  Record Access Requirements:

  Must have a signed release from person of record or have direct interest in personal or property right. You must also include photocopy of your government-issued photo ID (DL, for instance).

  Search Note:

  Include a daytime phone number.

• Records Available:

  Divorce Records
  Kansas State Department of Health & Environment
  Office of Vital Statistics
  1000 SW Jackson, #120
  Topeka, KS 66612-2221
  

  Phone:

  785-296-1400

  Fax:

  785-296-8075

  Website:

  Website

  Business Hours:

  8AM-5PM

  Note:

  The agency will issue a divorce certificate, but a copy of the decree must be ordered from the county of issue. Divorce records are not open to the public here, but are at county. Uncertified copies or verifications are not provided to the public.

  Record Access Requirements:

  Must have a signed release from person of record or show direct interest in personal or property right. You must also include photocopy of your government-issued photo ID (DL, for instance).

  Search Note:

  Pre-1940 records may be requested by an individual related as at least a cousin. Post 1940 records must be requested by an immediate family member.

• Records Available:

  Statewide Court Records
  Court Administration
  Office of Judicial Administration
  301 SW 10th St, Rm 337
  Topeka, KS 66612-1507

  Phone:

  785-296-2256

  Fax:

  785-296-7076

  Website:

  Website

  Business Hours:

  8AM-5PM

  Note:

  This agency will do searches on Appellate cases for $12.00 per hour. Copies are $.25 per page, add $1.00 if certified.

• Records Available:

  Criminal Records
  Kansas Bureau of Investigation
  Criminal Records Division
  1620 SW Tyler, Crim. History Record Sec.
  Topeka, KS 66612-1837
  

  Phone:

  785-296-2454

  Fax:

  785-368-7162

  Website

  Business Hours:

  8AM-5PM

  Record Access Requirements:

  The criminal history information maintained by the KBI includes felony and misdemeanor arrests, prosecution data, court dispositions and information of incarceration in state-operated confinement facilities.

  Search Note:

  Fingerprints are optional. Approximately 85% of records are fingerprint supported; approximately 50% of records are automated.

• Records Available:

  Incarceration Records
  Kansas Department of Corrections
  Public Information Officer
  900 SW Jackson, 4th floor
  Topeka, KS 66612-1284
  

  Phone:

  785-296-3310

  Fax:

  785-296-0014

  Website:

  Website

  Business Hours:

  8AM-5PM

  Note:

  General questions can be sent to kdocpub@kdoc.dc.state.ks.us.

  Search Note:

  Location, KDOC number, physical identifiers, sentencing and conviction information, disciplinary record, and custody or supervision level are available.

Kansas County Marriage & Divorce Vital Records