Find Fremont County Marriage Records

Fremont County Marriage Licenses

Marriage licenses and civil unions in Fremont County are handled by the Fremont County Clerk and Recorder's Recording Division. The office location is 615 Macon Avenue, Room LL6, Cañon City, CO 81212. The recording contact listed in the research is Krystina Del Duca, Recording Director, at 719-276-7336, fax 719-276-7338, and recordingdivision@fremontcountyco.gov. The office hours in the research are Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with Friday through Sunday closed.

Colorado law requires the marriage license to be obtained during Clerk and Recorder office hours. The license is valid when issued and must be used within Colorado within 35 days. Both parties generally must appear, sign, and pay, unless they qualify for one of the special packets for displaced military or contracted military circumstances, or for an incarcerated party. The Fremont County materials also stress that an incarcerated person's Colorado residency must be proven, since incarceration by itself does not prove residency.

The assigned Fremont County source for marriage and civil unions is the Clerk and Recorder marriage page.

That county page is the best local source for license timing, party-presence rules, downloadable packets, and return requirements.

Apply for Fremont Marriage Records

The Fremont County process begins online, then moves to clerk verification and an appointment. The county directs applicants to complete the marriage or civil union application through the Clerk's Tyler portal. Applications are processed and verified Monday through Thursday between 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. After submission, a clerk contacts the applicants to verify information and schedule an appointment to appear, sign, and pay. A completed license must be returned after the ceremony to the Clerk and Recorder at the Macon Avenue address.

1. Complete the marriage or civil union license application online through the Clerk's Tyler portal.
2. Wait for clerk verification and appointment scheduling during the county's processing window.
3. Bring valid identification for all applicants unless a special packet applies.
4. Sign the license in person, pay the required license fee, and confirm how the ceremony section must be completed.
5. Return the completed license after the ceremony so it can be recorded and the original returned.

Note: Witnesses are not required in Colorado, although an officiant may still ask for witnesses for the ceremony record.

Fremont Marriage Record Fees

The marriage license fee found in the research is specific and should be used as the local benchmark. The county accepts cash, certified funds, and credit or debit cards, with a possible card surcharge. Copy and certified-copy requests follow the Clerk public record search route, but the research did not list every marriage-copy amount separately. Where a recorded copy is obtained through the Clerk's public record route, the county's recording copy rules may apply.

Certified copies can matter for name changes, benefits, immigration, retirement plans, and court filings. The Clerk and Recorder's recording page says certified copies are not electronically transmitted and require verbal confirmation plus mailing-address verification before mailing.

Search Fremont Marriage Records

Marriage and civil union copies are requested through the Clerk public record search route. The county's recording records date back to 1860, but the Clerk's office states that it cannot conduct real estate record searches for users under C.R.S. 30-10-101(2.5)(c). For marriage and civil union copies, requesters should use the public search and copy route or contact the Recording Division when certified copy handling is needed. Do not send sensitive personal information through online forms unless the county instructs a safe channel.

Colorado also recognizes common law marriage. Fremont County's marriage page explains that no license, ceremony, or document is required for common law marriage. If documentation is needed, the parties may file a signed notarized affidavit with the county clerk and recorder where they reside. The affidavit is filed as a document, not as a marriage record. Common law marriage ends only by divorce or death, so a later court divorce file may exist even when no license was issued.

The manifest assigned an NCIC account portal capture to this marriage and divorce records page through account.ncic.com.

Because that source is not a marriage-license source in the Fremont research, it should not be used to request marriage certificates.

The manifest also assigned the Spanish NCIC account portal at cuenta.ncic.com.

The official marriage access channel remains the Fremont County Clerk and Recorder, not the account portals shown in those assigned captures.

Fremont County Divorce Records

Divorce records are not marriage-license records. Fremont County divorce or dissolution files are District Court domestic-relations records at Fremont Combined Court. Use the Colorado Judicial Branch Record/Document Request Form and select Divorce as the case type. A useful request includes the case number if known, filing year, party names, document type, and contact information. If the case has protected information, the court may require government photo ID or may restrict parts of the file.

A divorce file can include a petition, response, sworn financial statement, parenting plan, child support worksheet, mediation or status orders, decree, and permanent orders. Public copies may redact protected financial data, minor information, victim-safety details, or sealed portions. A person who only needs proof of dissolution may need a certified decree, not the full case file. For broader court-case access, Fremont Combined Court remains the court source, while marriage license copies stay with the Fremont County Clerk and Recorder.

Restricted Family Records

Marriage records are often simpler to access than divorce files, but both can contain sensitive details. Clerk forms warn against sending dates of birth, death and marriage, Social Security numbers, driver license numbers, financial account numbers, medical information, and passport numbers through casual online form text. Divorce cases may also involve children, financial statements, protected addresses, or safety orders. The court can redact or restrict documents under statutes, court rules, directives, orders, and local authority.

When a record is needed for court, benefits, or identity purposes, ask the holding office whether a certified copy is required. An uncertified screen print may not be accepted. For probate and estate matters affected by marital status, see Fremont County probate records because estate files and recorded probate documents use different access paths.