Find Bent County Marriage and Divorce Records

Bent County Marriage Records Office

The Bent County Clerk and Recorder is the local office for marriage-license, recording, and certified marriage-record questions. The official county materials identify Lynda G. Moss as Bent County Clerk and Recorder, with phone 719-456-2009. The Clerk and Recorder page lists email lmoss@bentcounty.gov and mailing address P.O. Box 350, Las Animas, CO 81054. The county contact page also lists lynda.moss@bentcounty.net. Because the inspected county page did not state that Bent County marriage records are searchable online, copy should not treat any portal as a verified marriage-record index.

Call the Clerk and Recorder before applying for a license or ordering a certified copy. The Bent County Clerk and Recorder page did not publish a marriage-license fee, certified-copy fee, ID rule, waiting period, license validity period, appointment rule, officiant rule, or return deadline. Those details may change, and they should be confirmed with the local office before travel or mailing a request.

The county-linked land record image comes from the iCounty portal, which Bent County uses for recorded land documents.

iCounty matters here only as the researched Clerk and Recorder portal for land records, not as a verified online marriage-record search.

Apply for Bent County Marriage License

A Bent County marriage license request should be handled through the Clerk and Recorder, but the official county page does not publish a local online application or a local application field list. The practical route is to contact the office first, then bring or mail only what the clerk confirms. This avoids using a land-record portal, court-record form, or unofficial website for a license service the county does not document online.

1. Contact the Bent County Clerk and Recorder at 719-456-2009 to confirm license hours, identification rules, current fee, and whether both applicants must appear.
2. Ask whether the office requires an appointment, accepts walk-ins, or uses any pre-application process not shown in the researched page.
3. Bring the identification, personal information, and payment method the clerk confirms.
4. After the ceremony, follow the clerk's instructions for return, recording, and certified copies.
5. For older local marriage records, ask whether the office can search the record directly or needs a mailed request.

Note: The iCounty portal is documented for Bent County land records from 1888 to present, not for marriage-license applications.

Bent County Marriage Request Fields

The inspected Bent County Clerk and Recorder page did not publish a marriage application form-field inventory. A careful request should therefore use only confirmed local data and avoid guessing about state or county form content. The preparation table is framed as request planning, not as a claim that each field appears on a Bent County online form.

Bent County Marriage Divorce Fees

The Bent County Clerk and Recorder page did not publish a marriage-license fee or certified marriage-copy fee. It did publish recording and land-record costs: land records from 1888 to present are online through iCounty, the search cost is $32.00 per day, and a recording fee of $43.00 per document applies under a new law effective July 1, 2025, with death certificates exempt. Those figures should not be converted into marriage-license fees.

Divorce copy fees come from the Colorado Judicial Branch record request fee table. Certified or exemplified court copies cost $20.00 per document. Plain court copies are $0.25 per page, with a maximum of $15.00 for parties and attorneys in their own case and no maximum for non-parties. Name search is $5.00. Off-site case file retrieval is charged at actual cost, and research or redaction after the first hour is $30.00 per hour in 15-minute increments.

Look Up Bent County Marriage Records

For a Bent County marriage record, start with the Clerk and Recorder rather than the Clerk of Court. The office split is important: court records are controlled by the Bent County Clerk of Court, while marriage-license and recording functions are handled by the Clerk and Recorder. A divorce decree, probate letter, criminal disposition, or traffic case file belongs to the court clerk. A marriage license or recorded county record belongs to the county recording side.

Use phone or mail when a local online marriage search has not been verified. Provide both names, approximate marriage date, whether a certified copy is needed, mailing address, phone number, and any payment method the clerk confirms. If a marriage record is old or hard to locate, ask whether the office needs a date range or whether the record may have been filed in another Colorado county.

iCounty should be handled with care for marriage and divorce research. Bent County says land records from 1888 to present are available there, and the portal supports login, signup, daily uploads, PDF export, credit-card payment, and a certification disclaimer. The portal disclaimer says the Clerk and Recorder does not certify authenticity of portal information, so anyone needing a certified copy should contact the Clerk and Recorder.

Find Bent County Divorce Records

Bent County divorce records are domestic-relations court records in District Court. They are not issued by the Clerk and Recorder. Use the Colorado Judicial Branch record/document request form for copies of a divorce decree, parenting plan, separation agreement, support order, petition, or other family matter document. The Bent Combined Court handles district court records locally at 725 Bent Avenue in Las Animas.

The Colorado docket search can help locate hearing or case information if the case is public and the right filters are known. Select Bent County, Bent Combined Court, District, and DR as the case class when using the case-number fields for domestic relations. For copies, the record request form is the main channel. It asks for party names, county or location of records, filing year if known, date of birth of the primary party if known, case number if known, and other identifying request information.

Response is generally within three business days unless extenuating circumstances exist. Divorce records can contain restricted material. Parenting plans, support orders, financial identifiers, protected addresses, sealed filings, and records involving children may be redacted or limited by the clerk under Colorado law, court rules, directives, and orders.

Bent County Certified Copies

Certified copies serve different purposes depending on the record. A certified marriage copy comes from the Clerk and Recorder if that office holds the local marriage record. A certified divorce decree or certified family order comes from the court record process. The court request form includes a certification or exemplification option for requested documents and information. The fee table lists certified or exemplified copies at $20.00 per document.

If the record is old, sealed, suppressed, or not found in an online docket search, call the right office before submitting payment. For marriage records, call 719-456-2009. For divorce court files, call Bent Combined Court at 719-456-1353. The court form warns that some files may require government photo ID or may not be released in full.

Colorado Vital Records Role

Colorado vital records can be a state-level fallback for certain certified vital record needs, but the Bent County split remains simple: marriage-license and local marriage-record questions start with the Bent County Clerk and Recorder, while divorce decrees are court records at Bent Combined Court. State vital records should not be treated as a replacement for a local court decree or a local Clerk and Recorder search unless the state office confirms it holds the exact record needed.

For divorce filing help, the 16th Judicial District self-help channel may be relevant. The listed self-help email is 16thSelfHelp@judicial.state.co.us, and the phone is 719-383-7152. The Family Court Facilitator is Daniel Ramirez, daniel.ramirez@judicial.state.co.us, phone 719-383-7136. The Bent court page links to online divorce and parenting education options and says to contact the facilitator with questions about court requirements.