Find Jasper County Marriage Records

Jasper County Marriage License

Marriage licenses in Jasper County are issued by Jasper County Probate Court. The local court is led by Probate Judge Hon. Albert Kleckley Jr. and is listed at 306 3rd Avenue, Ridgeland, South Carolina 29936. The mailing address is P.O. Box 1028, Ridgeland, SC 29936. The phone number is 843-726-7718, the fax number is 843-726-5173, and office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.

South Carolina law places marriage-license applications with the probate judge. Under Title 20 Chapter 1, both parties must sign a written application, give required identifying details, and wait at least 24 hours after filing before the license may be issued. The license record must show both the filing hour and date and the issuance hour and date. The same statute says a license is issued after the waiting period, payment of the fee, and a sworn or affirmed statement that the parties are legally entitled to marry.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health vital-records page is one official state source for later certified marriage certificates and divorce reports.

For Jasper County marriage records, the state channel helps with eligible certificates, but the local probate court remains the place to confirm current license procedures.

Apply for Jasper County Marriage Records

A marriage-license application should be planned through Probate Court because the official Jasper page did not publish a local fee schedule or local application PDF in the research sources. State law still gives the core requirements. Both parties sign the application. The application must include the same information required for the license, including Social Security numbers or alien identification numbers for resident aliens without Social Security numbers. Applicants age 16 or 17 need a sworn consent affidavit from the father, mother, other relative, or guardian when the applicant resides with that person. A person under 16 is not capable of a valid marriage under the cited state rule.

1. Contact Jasper County Probate Court before applying to confirm current local fee, accepted payment methods, and whether an appointment is needed.
2. Prepare both parties' full names, ages, residences, and required identifying numbers before going to the probate office.
3. Both parties sign the written application and make the sworn or affirmed statement that they are legally entitled to marry.
4. Pay the required local license fee. The research found no Jasper-specific marriage license fee schedule, so confirm it with Probate Court.
5. Wait at least 24 hours after application filing before license issuance, then follow the probate office's instructions for pickup or completion.

South Carolina also recognizes a premarital preparation course for a one-time $50 nonrefundable state income tax credit when the course meets the statutory rules. The course must be at least six hours, completed together, taught by a licensed professional counselor or clergy or designee, and completed within 12 months before application. SCJB lists Form 153PC for premarital preparation course certification, but the form itself was not captured as an image because the manifest recorded it as a download.

Jasper County Marriage Form Fields

The research did not locate a Jasper-specific marriage license application form, so the safest field inventory comes from state marriage-law requirements and the DPH marriage/divorce application used for certified vital records. Do not treat the DPH certificate form as the same document as the local probate license application. The local probate filing creates the license; the DPH form requests a state certificate, report, or statement after a marriage or divorce has been recorded in the state vital-record system.

The South Carolina marriage-license statute is the source for the state license timing and eligibility rules.

The statute image supports the local marriage-license steps because Jasper County Probate Court must apply the statewide probate-judge license rules.

Jasper County Marriage Divorce Fees

Fees vary by channel. Jasper County Probate Court should be called for the current local marriage-license fee and any local certified-copy charge because the official probate page did not publish those amounts in the research. DPH fees are usable for DPH-issued marriage certificates and divorce reports. Clerk and court-copy fees for divorce decrees were not published as a Jasper-specific certified divorce decree schedule in the available sources, so decree requests should be priced through the Jasper County Clerk of Court before mailing payment.

The DPH vital-record fee page is the source for state vital-record copy fees and DPH search charges. Mail requests must include the completed application, required ID copy, and a money order or cashier's check payable to S.C. DPH.

Search Jasper County Marriage Records

DPH marriage certificates are available for South Carolina marriage records from July 1950 through December 2023. For Jasper County marriage records before July 1950 or after December 2023, DPH directs requesters to the Probate Court that issued the license. That makes the local Probate Court the key office for recent licenses, older licenses, corrections, and questions about local issuance. DPH also says amendments and changes should be handled through the Probate Court in the county where the marriage occurred.

Certified DPH marriage certificates are limited to one of the married parties, an adult child of a married party, the present or former spouse of either married party, or a legal representative. Other applicants may receive a statement that the marriage occurred, including the date and county where the license was issued. Online and phone requests go through VitalChek at 1-877-284-1008 and average 5 to 7 business days. Mail requests go to S.C. Department of Public Health, Vital Records Section, P.O. Box 2046, West Columbia, SC 29171 and average about 4 weeks.

The DPH marriage certificates page separates state certificate access from local license issuance.

This distinction matters in Jasper County because a state certificate request may not replace a Probate Court contact for licenses outside DPH's date range.

Search Jasper County Divorce Records

South Carolina divorce records are not all held in one place. The DPH divorce reports page says DPH can issue certified copies of Report of Divorce for divorces decreed between July 1962 and December 2023. DPH does not have divorce decrees. A decree is the court order from the divorce case, and DPH instructs requesters to obtain the actual decree from the Clerk of Court in the county where the final divorce hearing was held.

For Jasper County, decree-level divorce records are requested through Keith Horton, Jasper County Clerk of Court, at 265 Russell Street, Ridgeland, SC 29936. The mailing address is P.O. Box 248, Ridgeland, SC 29936, the phone number is 843-726-7710, and hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. Public case access may begin with the Jasper Public Index or the Family Court portal, but Family Court material can be limited by confidentiality rules for juvenile, adoption, support, and other domestic matters.

The DPH divorce report source is useful when a person needs proof that a divorce occurred, not when the signed decree itself is required.

For legal use, ask whether the receiving agency needs a DPH divorce report or a certified decree from the Jasper County Clerk of Court.

Jasper County Divorce Request Fields

The DPH marriage/divorce application uses the same applicant block for both record types. It asks for applicant name, day phone, address, city, state, ZIP, email, alternate mailing recipient or address, relationship to the named person, applicant signature, and photo ID. For divorce or annulment records, the record block asks for plaintiff name, other married surnames, defendant name, other married surnames, date of divorce or annulment, county where divorce was obtained, and whether the requester wants a long form or statement of divorce.

South Carolina Family Court is the sole forum for divorce, legal separation, custody, visitation, termination of parental rights, adoption, support, alimony, marital property, and name change. Self-represented litigants may use the SCJB simple divorce packet page when they meet the packet rules. The simple-divorce complaint form asks for party names and residences, last shared residence, jurisdiction basis, marriage date and place, separation date, one-year continuous separation confirmation, minor children, property and debt, name-change request, ground, alimony waiver or bar, no-collusion statement, requested relief, and signature/contact details.

The SCJB simple divorce packet source identifies the court forms used when a divorce case is being filed rather than when a finished Jasper County divorce record is being requested.

Those filing forms can later become part of a Family Court case file, while the final decree must still be requested through the Clerk of Court if the hearing was in Jasper County.

South Carolina Vital Record Channels

DPH lists three practical channels for marriage certificates and divorce reports: online or phone through VitalChek, mail to the state Vital Records Section, and DPH office service where available. The research found a source conflict: DPH marriage and divorce pages state that in-person and drop-off service were temporarily unavailable as of June 19, 2025, while the DPH office-locations page updated June 10, 2026 lists office hours and Lowcountry offices. Verify in-person availability with DPH before traveling.

Note: DPH certificate access rules do not open sealed Family Court records, adoption files, or decree documents held by the court.