| Before the 19th century, divorce was particularly | | | | are invaluable to anyone doing background checks. |
| uncommon and most states including New York had | | | | In New York, divorce records are considered public |
| outlawed it completely. However, at the turn of the | | | | records and this means that anyone can access and |
| century, divorce rates went up and various countries | | | | view record provided they comply with various Vital |
| began to keep public records detailing births, deaths, | | | | Records Office regulations. The State Center for |
| marriage and divorce, among others. In New York, | | | | Health Statistics issues certified copies of divorce |
| divorce records fall under the jurisdiction of New | | | | records used for various legal reasons such as |
| York Vital Records Office. | | | | remarriage and immigration. However, if you simply |
| New York divorce records are filed in the county in | | | | wish to obtain the information on the divorce record |
| which the divorce occurred. This may be different | | | | you can do so online at various online divorce record |
| from the state in which the marriage was registered, | | | | directories. |
| or even the state in which the people involved live. | | | | You can search New York divorce records the |
| There is a lot of information to be obtained from a | | | | county registry via either names or geographical |
| standard divorce record. Details such as names of | | | | location such as state, county or city through a |
| people involved, addresses, place and date of | | | | databases containing upwards of 200 million public |
| divorce, ages, children, custody, alimony and more. | | | | records, allowing their members access to a wide |
| This is the reason why divorce and marriage records | | | | range of public record information. |