Allegheny County Department of Court Records - Wills/Orphans' Court Division
Your guide to this office — marriage licenses (including Pennsylvania's self-uniting license), fees, hours, and what to bring. In Pennsylvania the Department of Court Records - Wills/Orphans' Court Division— acting as Clerk of the Orphans' Court — issues marriage licenses (valid statewide). Business names, deeds, and vital records are handled elsewhere (see below).
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Pennsylvania splits county records among several elected “row offices,” combined differently by county. The Department of Court Records - Wills/Orphans' Court Division issues marriage licenses(as Clerk of the Orphans' Court). Deeds are recorded by the Recorder of Deeds (a separate office in most counties). Business names (DBA) are filed with the PA Department of State →, and certified birth & death certificates come from PA Vital Records → (though some Registers hold pre-1906 records).