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RIVEROS CORP NETWORK | Apostille de la Haya · Notary Public Center · Compliance Officers · USJurisdiction
Riveros Corp is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.
If you are about to marry, move to another country or tie your finances to someone, you have every right to know whether that person is legally free. We search public marriage and divorce records and give you, in writing, what is on file.
A marital status search is a review of the public records where marriages and divorces are registered, to establish from the documents whether a person is listed as married, divorced or not on record in the jurisdictions searched.
It’s a records search. We check what has been registered and report what appears, using the same method we use to verify corporate counterparties: source, date and stated scope.
We do not follow anyone, we do not watch anyone and we do not access private communications. We also never contact the person you are asking about. Discretion isn’t an add-on; it’s a condition of every engagement.
We check what government offices record and publish, not the person’s private information.
The search is records-only. No one will know you asked.
You keep a document showing what was searched, where, when and what came up.
There’s nothing unusual about wanting to check. Verifying before committing is exactly what we do for companies every day.
There is always an explanation: the papers are in another state, the person who handled the case has them, they got lost in the move.
There is no single registry in the United States. Without knowing where to start, searching on your own is a shot in the dark.
Marrying someone who is already married does not create a valid marriage. The problem doesn’t show up on the wedding day: it shows up later.
You leave behind a job, a home and a support network. A decision like that deserves to rest on more than a promise.
Afraid of seeming distrustful, many people choose not to know. A private search spares you that conversation.
When the doubt shows up after the money, the first step is to get back to facts you can verify.
Each of the doubts above is answered by a specific part of the work.
We start from where the person has lived and worked to decide which states and counties are worth searching.
State indexes where they exist, and county clerk of court offices when the record is kept locally.
Showing the scope of the search, the jurisdictions searched, the dates and what came up in each one.
We do not contact the person, we do not ask third parties for references and we leave no trace of the engagement.
A recorded divorce, a pending judgment and a missing record mean very different things.
If you need the certificate for a process outside the United States, we also handle its apostille.
There is no national marriage or divorce registry in the United States. There’s no federal database where you type in a name and get someone’s marital status. Anyone who offers you that is selling something that does not exist.
Marriages are recorded in the county where the marriage license was issued, usually with the clerk of the circuit court. Divorces are kept by the court in the county where the case was handled.
Some states also keep a state index that brings those records together. Florida is one of them: its state vital statistics office keeps an index of marriages and dissolutions recorded since June 6, 1927.
The practical consequence: the quality of the search depends on getting the geography right. That’s why the first thing we ask is where the person has lived.
The more details, the more precise the search. You can also start with very little: we’ll tell you honestly if the information isn’t enough for a reliable result.
Many people who land on this page are not looking for someone else: they want to confirm their own marital status. It is common when the divorce was handled years ago, in another state or from outside the country, and the final document never arrived.
You can request it yourself. We step in when you don’t know which state or county to search, when there are records in several jurisdictions or when you need the result in writing for a process in your country.
Source: USA.gov, “Marriage license or certificate” and “Divorce decree or certificate”.
We’d rather tell you now than in the report. These are the real limits of the work.
It only shows there is no record in the jurisdictions searched. A marriage that took place in another state, or in another country, falls outside the scope of that search.
If the person married in their home country, that record is there. We can guide you on how to request it, but it will not appear in a US index.
Several states publish the index but restrict the certified copy to the parties involved. In those cases you get proof of the record, not the full document.
Some time passes between a court’s ruling and its appearance in the index. We note this in the report when it matters.
This candor is deliberate. A report that promises absolute certainty about a person’s marital status across the entire United States is promising something the records system cannot deliver.
For some of the people who contact us, the doubt about marital status isn’t random: there’s a pattern behind it. These are the signs that keep coming up.
Intense declarations and wedding plans within weeks. The urgency is a tactic, not a feeling.
Something always gets in the way: a job overseas, a mission, a connection problem.
It matches what you posted a little too well: your faith, your profession, your recent loss, your hobby.
An accident, a customs hold, a blocked payment. The first request is usually small and the next one bigger.
Besides the financial loss, this can turn you into an unwitting go-between for illicit funds.
No family, no friends, no employer you can confirm. Everything you know about this person, they told you themselves.
If you recognize several of these signs, checking marital status is only the first step. In that case it is worth also reviewing the person’s identity and paper trail, which is a broader verification job.
You tell us about your situation over WhatsApp or a video call. We listen and ask only what we need to narrow down the search.
Which states and counties make sense to search based on where the person has lived. We tell you what is covered and what is left out.
State indexes and county court offices, with every search logged by date.
What was searched, where, when and what came up. No embellishment and no conclusions the documents do not support.
On a call, without rushing. A missing record and a recorded divorce are not the same thing.
A copy of the marriage record or the divorce judgment when it is accessible, and its apostille if you need to use it outside the United States.
Restricted access to your file, no discussion with third parties and no contact, ever, with the person being searched.
175 SW 7th Street, Suite 1905. A physical address you can verify, not an anonymous form.
Source, date and stated scope. It is the standard we use to verify corporate counterparties, applied to your case.
The records are in English and full of court terminology. We explain what each one says, and what it doesn’t.
By checking the records where marriages are registered, which in the United States are kept by states and counties, not by the federal government. Marriages are recorded in the county where the marriage license was issued, and some states also keep a state index that brings them together.
No. There is no federal marriage or divorce database. That is why any search has to be narrowed to specific states and counties, and why the first thing we need to know is where the person has lived.
Marriage and divorce records are, as a general rule, public records in the United States. Our work is limited to searching them. We do not access private communications, we do not follow anyone and we do not obtain restricted information.
No. The search is records-only. We do not contact the person, we do not ask the people around them for references and we leave no record of the engagement with third parties.
It means nothing is on file in the jurisdictions searched, and that is what the report will say. It is not the same as a certificate of single status: a marriage that took place in another state or another country would not show up in that search.
Not simultaneously or with the same depth, because each state has its own system and its own level of access. What we do is prioritize the jurisdictions that make sense given the person’s history, and tell you clearly which ones were left out.
The full name as the person uses it in the United States, a date of birth even if approximate, and the states or cities where they have lived or worked. Any previous name or variation also helps.
That record is in the country where the marriage took place and does not appear in US indexes. We can guide you on how to request it there, but it is a separate process.
Yes, if the dissolution was handled in the United States: we search the court in the county where it was granted. Ask him which state it was in, because that detail shortens the search more than any other. A vague answer to that question tells you something too.
When the document is open to the public, yes. Several states publish the index but restrict the certified copy to the parties involved; in those cases you get proof of the record, not the full document. We tell you before we start.
For a US document to be accepted by authorities in another country, it normally needs an apostille. We can handle it together with obtaining the document.
No. Our work is strictly records-based, using public records. We don’t conduct surveillance or tailing, and we never access private communications.
Request a copy of your marriage record from the vital records office of the state where you married, and check whether there is a divorce decree at the court in the county or city where it was handled. If you never received the decree, the court record is what settles it.
From the clerk of court in the county or city where the divorce was granted. Many states also issue a divorce certificate through their vital records office, showing the names, the date and the place.
In the registry of the country where it took place. You request the copy through that country’s embassy or consulate. If you married abroad before November 9, 1989 and have a Certificate of Witness to Marriage Abroad, you request a copy of that certificate from the Department of State.
Some states publish marriage and divorce indexes that can be searched. Certified copies are issued by the vital records office or the court, which will tell you the cost; for filing in an official process, a certified copy is the usual requirement.
Message us on WhatsApp and we’ll tell you honestly what can and can’t be verified in your situation. No obligation, and no one else will know.
or call us at +1 (305) 647-3000 · Monday through Friday
175 SW 7th St, Suite 1905 · Miami, Florida 33130
When the question is about a company rather than a person.
Identity and background verification in a corporate setting.
The standard level of counterparty verification.
When you need to go further: sanctions, PEPs and source of funds.
