Search Tunica County Marriage and Divorce Records

Getting a Marriage License in Tunica County

Marriage licenses in Tunica County are issued by the Circuit Clerk, not the Chancery Clerk. Sharon G. Reynolds serves as Circuit Clerk, and her office at 1300 School Street in Tunica handles the license, keeps the marriage record afterward, and sells certified copies. This is the same office that files Circuit Court cases and qualifies juries. Marriage work is one of its core public duties.

Both parties have to apply together. The Circuit Clerk marriage page is clear that the couple must appear in person at the office to apply, so neither online filing nor a single-party visit will start a license. Office hours run Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the office is closed on weekends. Plan the visit during those hours and bring everything the application asks for.

The license is the document that authorizes the marriage. The marriage record is created once the ceremony is performed and the license is returned and recorded. After that, the Circuit Clerk can produce a certified copy of the marriage record on request. Couples can confirm what to bring by calling 662-363-2842 before they go.

You can review the official marriage instructions on the Tunica County Circuit Clerk marriage page, which lists the in-person rule and the information the application requires.

That page is the most reliable source for current marriage-license rules in the county, since the Circuit Clerk updates it directly.

How to Apply for a Marriage License

The process is short once both people are present and prepared. Gather identification and any details about prior marriages before the visit, because the application asks for both. The steps below follow the Circuit Clerk's stated process.

1. Both parties travel together to the Circuit Clerk's Office at 1300 School Street during business hours, since both must apply in person.
2. Bring the information the marriage application requires, including identifying details for each party. The official page says specific information is required, though it does not publish the full field list.
3. Complete and sign the Marriage License Application at the counter. The Forms page lists this application among the office's standard forms.
4. Pay the $36 license fee to the clerk.
5. Keep the license for the ceremony, then make sure it is returned and recorded so the marriage record is created and certified copies can be ordered later.

Note: The Circuit Clerk cannot give legal advice, so questions about eligibility or out-of-state recognition should go to an attorney rather than the counter staff.

Marriage License Application Fields

The official Tunica page states that certain information is required but does not publish the complete printed application field by field. The table below reflects what the Circuit Clerk's marriage page, Forms page, and online request workflow actually document, rather than an invented list. Treat the in-person application as the source of record, and confirm anything unclear with the office.

Tunica County Marriage Record Fees

The Circuit Clerk publishes a fee list for marriage services. The license is a single flat charge, and certified copies cost more than the first copy adds for each extra. The online certified-copy request adds a search fee when the marriage date is unknown, because staff have to look the record up.

A divorce fee schedule is handled separately by the Chancery Clerk and the Seventh Chancery Court District. No published Chancery fee list for Tunica County divorce copies was located, so call the Chancery Clerk at 662-363-2451 to confirm divorce copy and certification costs before mailing payment.

How to Look Up Tunica County Marriage Records

Marriage records are searched and ordered through the Circuit Clerk. The office runs an online order center that lets you request a marriage license copy, a certified copy, and additional copies without visiting the counter. You can also call or mail the request, or appear in person at 1300 School Street.

The online certified-copy request walks through four steps: a date and copies step, a groom or partner one step, a bride or partner two step, and a contact and payment step. A copy with a known marriage date is $17. If the date is unknown, the cost rises to $27 because a $10 search fee is added, and each extra copy is $6. Having the full names of both spouses and the marriage year on hand makes the search faster.

You can start an order through the Circuit Clerk certified marriage-copy request page, which lays out the date-known and date-unknown pricing and the four request steps.

That request form is the quickest way to order a Tunica County marriage record copy when an in-person visit is not practical.

How to Find Tunica County Divorce Records

Divorce is not a Circuit Clerk matter. In Mississippi, divorce is decided in Chancery Court, the state's equity court for domestic and family cases. Tunica County sits in the Seventh Chancery Court District, and the local file is kept by the Chancery Clerk, Rechelle Siggers, at P.O. Box 217 in Tunica. Start a divorce-record request by calling 662-363-2451 and asking how to obtain a file copy and a certified decree.

The Seventh Chancery Court District publishes a Tunica docket and calendar that can help confirm a hearing date or chancellor before you request a file. The official state overview of chancery jurisdiction explains why domestic cases land here instead of Circuit Court.

You can read how the state describes this equity court on the Mississippi Judiciary Chancery Courts page, which covers equity, domestic, and probate matters.

Because chancery handles divorce, custody, guardianship, and probate together, the same office that holds a divorce decree also keeps related family filings, which is why divorce and the county Chancery Court records share a clerk.

A divorce file can include the complaint, the final decree, and docket entries. Child custody details, financial disclosures, minors' information, and sealed filings may be redacted or withheld. Expect to show a connection to the case or to request only the public portions when sensitive material is involved.

Confidential Family and Minor Records

Not every family record is open. Mississippi law shields some of the most sensitive court files, and chancery handles many of them. Adoption is the clearest example. Under Mississippi Code Section 93-17-25, adoption pleadings, reports, files, testimony, exhibits, and records are confidential and are not public records except by order of the court on good cause shown.

Records involving children carry similar protection. Information about minors named in a divorce or custody case is frequently redacted, and youth-court matters are confidential by statute. Sealed orders, protected identifiers, and personal financial data may also be removed before a file is released.

Note: A public search will not return adoption files or sealed minor records, so requests for those generally require a court order or party status verified by the Chancery Clerk.

Getting Certified Copies

Certified copies carry the office's official seal and are the version most agencies accept for legal use. A plain printout is fine for personal reference, but name changes, immigration steps, benefits claims, and court proceedings usually call for a certified copy.

For a certified marriage record, order from the Circuit Clerk online, by phone, by mail, or in person. The first certified copy is $17, each additional copy is $6, and an online request with no known date is $27. For a certified divorce decree, the request goes to the Chancery Clerk instead, since that office holds the equity file. Confirm the current Chancery copy fee by phone before sending payment, because a published Tunica chancery copy-fee list was not located.

Mississippi Vital Records Office

The state also keeps marriage records. The Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, registers marriages under state law. The department notes, however, that not every marriage record may be on file with its office even though registration is required, so the county Circuit Clerk often remains the most complete source for a Tunica County marriage. Reach the state office at 601-206-8200 or by email for guidance on statewide marriage and vital record requests.