Obtaining Lehigh County Divorce Records

Lehigh County was formed in 1812 following the division of Northampton County. It's located in the Lehigh Valley region in the Eastern US. and named after Lehigh river. Its county seat is Allentown. As per the 2000 census, Lehigh County had a population of 312,090. Besides Allentown, the county consists of the western section of the city of Bethlehem, 14 townships and six boroughs.

Lehigh County's Clerk of Judicial Records is responsible for maintaining all the records for Civil, Criminal, Recorder of Deeds and Register of Wills Divisions. Divorce records are open records and so, can be easily accessed by the general public.

If you want to request for file:///destiny/2009/(10) Oct 09/John-2 50 articles/Rework/Done/Lehigh County Divorce Records.doc" Lehigh County divorce records under the Open Records Act, you'll need to furnish an attached form and mail it to Lehigh County's Open Records officer. You can also prefer to drop off the duly filled filled application form at County of Lehigh Government Center,17 South 7th St. Allentown, Pa 18101.

You need to ensure that you provide specific and concise information while requesting for file:///destiny/2009/(10) Oct 09/John-2 50 articles/Rework/Done/Lehigh County Divorce Records.doc" Lehigh County's divorce documents . Lehigh County has 5 business days to reply to your request in writing to:

  1. Grant your request

  2. Deny your request (referring the legal basis for denial/partial denial)

  3. Invoke an extension period of 30 days for certain reasons.

In Lehigh County, acceptable grounds for an extension period of 30 days include staffing limitations, off-site location of records, complex request, need for legal review or redaction, failed to follow Agency policy or inability of the requester to pay the applicable fees as and when required.

Another way of searching these records is through the Internet. Today, many web sites contain Lehigh County divorce records databases that can provide you with detailed information associated with the divorce procedure. You can access this information for free; however, you may be asked to pay a certain amount of fees, if you wish to purchase a copy of the document.