Locate San Juan County Marriage Records

San Juan County Marriage and Divorce Split

The San Juan County Clerk handles marriage licenses and recorded marriage certificates. The office is at 100 S. Oliver Dr., Suite 200, Aztec, NM 87410, with phone 505-334-9471, fax 505-334-3635, mailing address PO Box 550, Aztec, NM 87410, and Monday-Thursday hours of 7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The County Clerk page names Alyssa Kuhn as County Clerk and lists clerks@sjcounty.net as the general clerk email.

Divorce records follow a different route. The County Clerk states that it does not record divorce records and directs divorce inquiries to District Court. San Juan County has District Court locations in Aztec and Farmington. Farmington District Court can be reached at 505-326-2256, and Aztec District Court can be reached at 505-334-6151. Case Lookup can help find divorce case details, but divorce documents and certified decrees must be requested through the court that holds the file.

Apply for San Juan County Marriage License

Marriage licenses are issued by the County Clerk. Both applicants must be present, and applicants must usually be at least 18. Applicants who are 16 or 17 need parental consent, and an applicant who is 15 needs a court order. Each applicant must bring a current legal picture ID or birth certificate, plus proof of Social Security number such as a Social Security card, W-2, or tax return. Names must match across documents.

The license must be obtained before the ceremony. Once issued, a San Juan County marriage license is valid immediately, does not expire, and can be used for a ceremony performed in New Mexico. Blood tests are not required. After the ceremony, the completed license must be returned to the Clerk's office for recording. That recording step is what creates the marriage record used for later certified copies.

San Juan County Marriage License Steps

The marriage license process is short when both applicants have matching identity and Social Security proof. The County Clerk office has a Monday-Thursday schedule, and the research did not locate an official online application workflow. Plan around the office hours and payment rule before going to Aztec.

1. Confirm both applicants can appear together at the County Clerk office.
2. Bring current legal picture ID or birth certificate for each applicant.
3. Bring proof of Social Security number for each applicant.
4. Make sure names match across the documents presented.
5. Pay the $55.00 license fee, using cash after 5:00 p.m.
6. Use the license for a ceremony in New Mexico after issuance.
7. Return the completed license to the County Clerk for recording.

San Juan County Marriage Application Fields

The official research lists the proof items and applicant rules rather than a complete captured online form. The fields below reflect the information the Clerk asks applicants or copy requesters to be ready to provide. Do not treat this as a separate web form, because no official San Juan online marriage application field inventory was located.

San Juan County Marriage Fees

The County Clerk's official fee information includes the marriage license fee and certified marriage copy fee. Divorce filing fees and certified decree copy fees were not located in the provided San Juan research, so they are not stated here. Call the District Court location that holds the divorce case before sending payment for a divorce file or decree.

Search San Juan County Marriage Records

For a marriage certificate copy, the official route is to email clerks@sjcounty.net or call 505-334-9471. The request should include as much information as possible, including the full name of the bride, full name of the groom, and date of marriage. The County Clerk also maintains recorded documents, and some recorded marriage material may be tied to County Clerk records, but the official marriage license page directs certificate copy requests to the Clerk's email and phone.

The County Clerk's recording department uses a Kofile/CountyFusion grantor/grantee index for recorded documents. That index is more useful for recorded-document research than for a simple certified marriage certificate request. If the goal is a legal copy of the marriage record, the copy request should go to the County Clerk rather than a third-party search site.

Note: Certified marriage copies are different from informal screenshots or index results.

New Mexico Marriage Officiants

The San Juan County marriage license page quotes New Mexico statute 40-1-2. A marriage is entered into when solemnized. Ordained clergy or an authorized representative of a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe, or pueblo may solemnize a marriage. Active or retired judges, justices, and magistrates of New Mexico, federal, state, or U.S. courts are civil magistrates authorized to solemnize marriages and charge no fee.

The ceremony must occur in New Mexico. After the ceremony, the completed license must return to the County Clerk for recording. If the license is never returned, the couple may have trouble getting a certified record later because the Clerk's office needs the completed record to issue a certificate copy.

Find San Juan County Divorce Records

Divorce proceedings are District Court matters. Use New Mexico Case Lookup to search by party name or case number when the divorce case is electronic and publicly visible. Case Lookup gives case information, not downloadable divorce documents. Protected identifiers, minor information, sealed filings, domestic violence/protection-order records, and confidential material may be excluded or restricted.

For document copies, contact the District Court Clerk at the court where the divorce was filed or use the New Mexico Courts IPRA form when a remote court-record request is needed. The Administrative Office of the Courts is not the custodian of court case files; the request should identify the judicial district and the specific San Juan court location believed to hold the record.

San Juan County Divorce Forms

The Eleventh Judicial District divorce and family forms serve both McKinley County and San Juan County. The research lists contested divorce packets with and without children in stages, uncontested divorce packets with and without children, default proceeding packets, paternity and parentage packets, a response to petition for dissolution of marriage, and a motion for service by publication. These forms support filing or responding to a District Court case, but they do not replace a record search after a case already exists.

San Juan County Record Contacts

Use the County Clerk for marriage licenses and marriage certificate copies. Use District Court for divorce cases and decree copies. The County Clerk does not issue birth or death certificates and directs those requests to New Mexico Vital Records and the local San Juan Public Health Office, so birth and death records should not be mixed into a marriage or divorce request.