Find Pueblo County Marriage Records

Pueblo County Marriage License Office

Pueblo County marriage records begin with the Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder, Recording Department. The marriage license counter is part of the county recording function, not the Clerk of Court. The recording office is located at the historic Pueblo County Courthouse, 215 W. 10th St., 2nd Floor, Pueblo, CO 81003. The department lists regular recording hours as 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with marriage walk-ins for Pueblo County residents accepted from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. so the application can be processed the same day.

Both parties should appear together unless one party uses an absentee affidavit. The office asks applicants to allow about 30 minutes for processing and to keep the application party to no more than four total guests because of ADA rules and limited office space. More guests may be accommodated in the Historic Courthouse Rotunda for photos after the office work is done. The county marriage page also warns that applications using a pet paw print or a pet as a witness will not be accepted.

The Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder explains marriage license rules on its marriage licenses page. That source is useful before a courthouse visit because it sets out identification, age, validity, ceremony, and return rules. Pueblo County marriage records are issued locally, but the license is valid anywhere in Colorado for the short period stated by the county.

The county's marriage-license source is shown in this captured reference from the official office.

That source ties the Pueblo County marriage records process to the Recording Department rather than to the state court clerk.

Apply for Pueblo County Marriage Records

A Pueblo County marriage license is issued during normal business days, excluding legal holidays. Each applicant must bring valid U.S. or state government identification that proves identity and birth date, such as a current driver's license or current passport. Applicants must be 18 or older, and the local research cites C.R.S. 14-2-109 for adult age requirements. The office accepts cash or card for the license fee and does not accept checks.

1. Go to the Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder Recording Department at 215 W. 10th St., 2nd Floor. Walk in by 4:00 p.m. for same-day processing.
2. Bring valid government identification for each applicant. If one party is absent, bring the absentee affidavit required by the office.
3. Complete the application with the clerk, pay the license fee, and review the ceremony and return instructions before leaving.
4. Hold the ceremony in Colorado within the license validity period. A judge, magistrate, authorized official, religious official, tribal authority, or the parties themselves may solemnize the marriage.
5. Complete and sign the license after the ceremony, then return it to the Clerk and Recorder for recording and imaging. The original is returned by mail after processing.

Colorado self-solemnization is a key local point. If the parties solemnize their own marriage, they complete the lower portion of the license and sign as the parties to the marriage. Witnesses are optional, but any witness used must be 18 or older.

Pueblo County Marriage Application Fields

The public research did not expose a full blank application image, but Pueblo County's published requirements identify the fields and proof points applicants must be ready to provide. The application process is in person, and the county treats identification, payment, ceremony completion, and return for recording as required parts of the marriage record.

Restrictions are also part of the application screen. Pueblo County states that a person cannot marry while still married, while incarcerated, or within barred family relationships such as ancestor and descendant, siblings, uncle and niece, or aunt and nephew.

Pueblo County Marriage and Divorce Fees

Marriage copy charges come from the Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder fee schedule. Divorce filing charges come from the Colorado Judicial Branch fee schedule because divorce is a District Court domestic relations matter. Copy and certification costs for divorce decrees can depend on the document request and the court clerk's response, so the table separates known filing fees from known county recording fees.

The official Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder fee schedule is the source for marriage license and certified marriage copy amounts.

Because divorce fees are state court fees, marriage and divorce costs should not be treated as one office's single price list.

Search Pueblo County Marriage Records

Pueblo County marriage records are county recording records. The Clerk and Recorder keeps marriage and civil union licenses, records and images returned licenses, and can issue certified copies. The county also has a records-search landing page for Clerk and Recorder records, but the research did not confirm a fully open sample marriage-record result. For a certified copy, the safer route is to contact the Recording Department or use the county records search tools where available.

A useful request includes both parties' names, the approximate date of marriage, the record type requested, and whether a certified copy is needed. The Recording Department phone is 719-583-6507, and the research lists recordings@pueblocounty.us as the recording contact email. For in-person help, the recording office is at 215 W. 10th St., 2nd Floor, Pueblo, CO 81003.

Marriage records differ from divorce records. A Pueblo County marriage record proves that a license was issued, completed, returned, recorded, and imaged by the county. A divorce decree proves a state court case ended the marriage. If the record sought is a decree, order, custody filing, or domestic relations docket, the request belongs with the Clerk of Court at the Pueblo Combined Court, not with the County Clerk and Recorder.

Find Pueblo County Divorce Records

Pueblo County divorce records are District Court domestic relations records. Divorce, legal separation, annulment, allocation of parental responsibilities, child support, and custody-related filings are handled through the state court system at Pueblo Combined Court. Public hearing dates may appear in the Colorado Judicial docket search, while copies or certified decrees are requested through the Colorado Judicial record/document request form or the Clerk of Court records department.

Colorado Judicial provides a divorce and separation self-help page and related forms for people filing or responding to a case. The same court system handles post-decree motions, including modification requests and name restoration filings. Name restoration has no filing fee when requested within 60 days after the decree is signed; after that period, Colorado Judicial directs users to JDF 1824 and JDF 1825 in the court where the decree entered.

The Colorado Judicial divorce self-help page is one of the assigned visual sources for Pueblo County divorce records.

That source points divorce users back to state court forms and case files rather than to the county recording office.

Some divorce material is access-limited. CoCourts covers domestic relations in district courts, but confidential or sealed portions are excluded. Child custody, protected addresses, financial identifiers, and protected information can be redacted or restricted. When a certified decree is needed for a name change, benefits, remarriage, or another legal purpose, request the decree directly from the Clerk of Court and be ready to provide case details or identification if the file contains protected material.

Certified Pueblo County Copies

Certified Pueblo County marriage records come from the Clerk and Recorder because that office records and images completed licenses. Certified Pueblo County divorce records come from the Clerk of Court because a divorce decree is a District Court order. The seal and certification matter when the copy will be used for a legal name change, benefits, passport issue, immigration matter, remarriage, or another official transaction.

For a marriage certificate, contact the Recording Department. For a divorce decree, use the Colorado Judicial record/document request form, search the docket first if the case number is unknown, or contact the Pueblo Combined Court records department. The court request form warns that juvenile, probate, suppressed, confidential, or protected records may require a government-issued photo ID, and domestic relations files often contain protected family information.

Note: The county recording office keeps marriage records, while the Clerk of Court keeps divorce decrees and other domestic relations case records.

Colorado Marriage and Divorce Forms

Colorado's state-level resources help with divorce filing and court forms, but the research file did not provide a Pueblo-specific state vital records office address for ordering marriage or divorce records. For this county build, the verified access channels are the Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder for marriage licenses and certified marriage copies, and the Colorado Judicial Branch plus Pueblo Combined Court for divorce dockets, decrees, and certified court records.