Find Union County Marriage Records

Union County Marriage License Rules

Marriage licenses in Union County are issued by the Union County Clerk's Office. The clerk's local instructions say both parties must appear, both must be 18 or older unless the minor-applicant rule applies, and sufficient proof of identity must be shown. The examples named by the clerk include a driver's license, birth certificate, or passport. The same source states that weddings must be scheduled in advance, so applicants who also want a ceremony should not treat the license request and the wedding as one walk-in task.

Applicants under 18 have a separate Union County marriage license rule. The clerk states that written consent of each parent shown on the minor's birth certificate, or judicial authorization from District Court upon request of a parent or legal guardian, must be presented to the county clerk. That makes the District Court relevant only for the authorization issue, while the license itself remains a county clerk record after issuance.

Apply for Union County Marriage Records

The marriage license process is local and office based. Union County did not publish an online marriage application form with a visible field list, so applicants should rely on the clerk's stated requirements and confirm any current appointment or ceremony scheduling rule before traveling. The county clerk page has also carried dated in-person search limits in 2026, which is a reminder to check the current local page before assuming counter access is unchanged.

1. Contact or visit the Union County Clerk at 200 Court Street in Clayton before the intended license date.
2. Have both applicants appear together, since the clerk states both parties must be present.
3. Bring sufficient identification, such as a driver's license, birth certificate, or passport.
4. For an applicant under 18, bring the required parental written consent or District Court judicial authorization.
5. Pay the posted Union County marriage license fee.
6. Schedule any wedding ceremony in advance if the ceremony is to be handled through the local office or court-related process.
7. After the ceremony, make sure the completed license is returned for recording so later copies can be issued by the clerk.

For statewide routing, the New Mexico Department of Health Vital Records page says marriage license copies come from the county clerk where the license was issued. That point is important for Union County because the state health office is not the copy source for a Union County marriage license.

The New Mexico Department of Health page is an official routing source for marriage and divorce records in the state.

Its routing keeps Union County marriage license copies with the County Clerk and divorce decrees with the District Court where filed.

Union County Marriage Application Fields

No official Union County online marriage application field list was located. The clerk's public text supports only the requirements below, so the field inventory should be read as the confirmed application information needed for the office process, not as a copied online form. Do not assume an online form asks for Social Security number, prior-marriage history, parents' birthplaces, or ceremony details unless the clerk provides that form in a later source.

Note: The research gap is preserved because inventing an application field list would overstate what the official Union County source provides.

Union County Marriage and Divorce Fees

The Union County Clerk page gives a specific marriage license fee, but official text reviewed did not provide a complete certified-copy fee table for marriage copies or divorce decree copies. The clerk page links a County Fee Schedule PDF, but direct fee extraction was not completed because the document links returned errors during research. Use the known fee below and verify copy costs with the office that holds the record.

The statewide marriage license fee increase is reflected in the local Union County Clerk page. Copy costs can differ from filing or license fees, so a person ordering a certified copy should ask the specific office for the total before mailing payment.

Search Union County Marriage Records

Union County recorded marriage license records may be searched through the Union County Official Records Search, which is linked from the county site as Clerk Records Search. The portal is a county-recording search, not the main District Court case search. Its Quick Search tab shows Department set to Real Property, a Search Term box for grantor, grantee, subdivision, document type, or document number, date range boxes tied to Recorded Date, preset date filters, and search-scope choices for index only or index plus full text OCR.

For a marriage copy, the practical route remains the County Clerk. The official records portal may help identify a recorded license entry, but certified copies are requested from the office that issued or recorded the license. Use names, approximate date, and any document number found in the portal when calling or mailing the clerk.

Union County's Clerk page also matters because it has carried temporary in-person search notices. Research found posted limits for May and June 2026, including appointment-only searches for part of May and no in-person searches for part of June. Those dates should not be treated as permanent rules, but they show why marriage-copy searches should be checked against the current clerk page before a trip to Clayton.

Find Union County Divorce Records

Divorce decrees are District Court records. The New Mexico Department of Health Vital Records page says divorce decree copies are available from the district court where the court order was filed. For a Union County divorce, that points to the Eighth Judicial District Court at the Union County Courthouse unless the divorce was filed in another New Mexico county. Public case information may appear in New Mexico Case Lookup, but Case Lookup does not provide documents.

The New Mexico Courts self-help divorce page gives the state filing rule: a person may file where either spouse lives if one spouse has lived in New Mexico for the last six months. The judge can grant the divorce even when the other spouse lives outside New Mexico if the residency rule is met. The self-help page cites Section 40-4-5 NMSA 1978, which is the residency statute named in the research.

New Mexico Courts provides self-help divorce information for people working through a dissolution case.

That source helps separate divorce filing rules from later Union County divorce decree copy requests.

Union County Divorce Forms and Access

The New Mexico Courts divorce forms page provides official dissolution forms, including forms for cases with or without children. Those forms are for filing and case work. They are not a substitute for a certified divorce decree after judgment. A divorce file may include petitions, answers, motions, notices, hearing entries, child-related orders, property terms, support material, final decree, and later modification papers when allowed by the court.

Domestic-relations records can contain sensitive information. Case Lookup excludes personal identifying information, and public access can be limited when records involve children, addresses, finances, protection issues, or sealed filings. Registered re:SearchNM access may provide documents to eligible users by tier and case type, while older or missing judiciary records may require the New Mexico Courts IPRA request path or direct District Court clerk contact.

Certified divorce copies are different from public case lookups. A public search may confirm that a dissolution case exists, show a case number, or display hearing and disposition information, but a certified decree is issued by the court that keeps the file. For Union County, call the Eighth Judicial District Court with the party names, case number if known, approximate filing year, and the type of copy needed before sending payment.

The New Mexico Courts divorce forms page is the official forms source for dissolution cases tied to Union County District Court filings.

Forms support case filing, while certified copies still come from the District Court record office after a decree exists.