Find Harrison County Marriage and Divorce Records

Getting a Marriage License in Harrison County

Marriage applications and marriage licenses are handled by the Harrison County Clerk. Debbie Dennison is the Clerk, and the office lists two public locations: 300 North Capitol Ave., Room 203, Corydon, IN 47112, phone 812-738-4289, and 1445 Gardner Lane NW, Room 3126, Corydon, IN 47112, phone 812-738-8149. The Clerk's posted hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The office processes marriage applications, issues marriage licenses, maintains court records, and collects money related to court cases.

Indiana allows applicants to begin through the Judicial Branch's online marriage application, but the online start does not replace the local Clerk visit. Both applicants still must appear at the Clerk's Office to complete the process and receive the license. The statewide instructions require identity and age documentation, Social Security number information, prior-marriage end dates when applicable, and genealogical details for both parents. Non-English documents may need translation and notarization, and the Harrison County Clerk should be contacted before arrival if a prior divorce decree, translation, or cash-payment detail needs confirmation.

The official Indiana marriage application page is shown in the manifest image below through its source, Indiana marriage license application information.

This state page is useful for eligibility and document preparation, while Harrison County's Clerk completes the license locally.

How to Apply for a Marriage License

Use the online application as a preparation tool, then finish through the Harrison County Clerk. Applicants should not assume that a submitted online form has issued the license, because Indiana's instructions still require a Clerk's Office appearance.

1. Start the application through the Indiana online marriage application.
2. Gather proof of identity and age, such as a birth certificate, driver's license, state ID, passport, military ID, selective service or armed forces record showing date of birth, or another court or government record showing date of birth.
3. Prepare Social Security number information, prior-marriage end dates, and parental genealogical information, including each parent's full name, last known address, and birthplace.
4. Call the Clerk at 812-738-4289 or 812-738-8149 if one applicant needs translation guidance, has a recent divorce, or needs to confirm cash or document-fee handling.
5. Appear at the Harrison County Clerk's Office to complete the license, sign as required, and pay the license fee.
6. After the ceremony, make sure the officiant returns the license for recording before relying on the public lookup or requesting a certified copy.

Marriage License Application Fields

The application asks for enough information to prove eligibility and create a recorded license. The exact screen sequence may change, but the research identifies the following categories from the official Indiana instructions and marriage lookup materials.

Harrison County Marriage and Divorce Fees

Indiana's marriage-license guidance supplies the statewide marriage amounts captured in the research. Divorce filing is a domestic-relations court case, so filing and copy costs should be confirmed with the Harrison County Clerk before payment if the exact requested copy type is important.

How to Look Up Harrison County Marriage Records

Recorded marriage-license information can be searched through the Indiana Marriage License Public Lookup. The lookup is a free public beta and includes many, but not all, Indiana marriage records from 1993 to the present. It searches publicly accessible recorded license information. The issuing county is the county where the couple applied for the license, so use Harrison County when the license was issued by the Harrison County Clerk even if the parties later lived somewhere else.

The official public lookup is shown in the manifest image below through its source, Indiana Marriage License Public Lookup.

Lookup results should be treated as a starting point; the issuing Clerk confirms the record and handles certified-copy questions.

How to Find Harrison County Divorce Records

Divorce records are not part of the marriage license lookup. A divorce is a domestic-relations case in the Harrison Circuit Court and Superior Court system, searchable through Indiana MyCase by party name or case number. Searchers should confirm the court, case number, filing year, and party names before requesting documents. If the exact case cannot be identified online, the Clerk can search with party names, case type, and approximate year.

Document access is narrower for divorce than for many civil cases. The MyCase public access table says domestic relations cases with children and without children generally have no public online orders or documents for ordinary public users, although non-confidential documents may be available in person. Certified divorce decrees therefore usually require a Harrison County Clerk request rather than a simple download from the portal.

The family-law and confidentiality framework is tied to Indiana law. The manifest image below is linked from Indiana Code Title 31.

Title 31 is relevant because divorce, custody, child support, paternity, and juvenile-adjacent issues often appear together in domestic-relations workflows.

The access limits also depend on court-record rules. The manifest image below is linked from Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 5.

Rule-based exclusions explain why some domestic-relations documents may be available only through the Clerk, redacted, or unavailable to the general public.

Getting Certified Copies

For certified marriage records, search the Marriage License Public Lookup if the record is likely from 1993 forward, then contact the Harrison County Clerk that issued the license. For divorce decrees, start in MyCase to find the case number and court, then request the decree from the Clerk because domestic-relations documents may not be posted online.

1. Identify the record type: recorded marriage license or divorce decree.
2. Collect names, approximate date or filing year, Harrison County as issuing or filing county, and any case number from MyCase.
3. Use the Clerk's in-person channel at 300 North Capitol Ave., Room 203, or 1445 Gardner Lane NW, Room 3126.
4. Call 812-738-4289 or 812-738-8149 before mailing a request if payment amount, certification wording, or return method matters.
5. For mail, include the requested document, names, year, case number if known, return contact information, and payment instructions obtained from the Clerk.

Indiana Vital and Court Record Channels

Marriage-license records begin with the county Clerk that issued the license, and Harrison County license questions should go to the Harrison County Clerk. Divorce decrees are court records, not vital-record certificates, and the Clerk is the county office for certified court copies. Indiana Legal Help packets linked by the Clerk include divorce with children, divorce without children, agreed divorce, contested divorce, custody, child support, paternity, relocation, and fee-waiver materials for people preparing a filing rather than only looking up an existing record.