Massachusetts Application for Divorce Information
Official state formRecord search and verificationFree downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Asks the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics to search its divorce information (1952 to the near present). The office may give the year of divorce, the court docket number and the county Probate Court. It does not issue divorce decrees.
Who can use this form
- The form sets no limit on who may ask.
- The requester must give the name of the party or parties and an estimated date or year of divorce. With no date, the most recent 10 years are searched.
- Copies of a divorce decree must come from the Massachusetts county Probate Court, not from this office.
- For divorces before 1952, the form says to contact the county Probate Court nearest to where the parties lived.
- The form can also be used to seek a Letter of No Divorce as evidence to amend a death or marriage record.
What to send with it
- The completed Application for Divorce Information.
- A postage-paid, self-addressed envelope (letter size or larger) or a prepaid package carrier envelope.
- For a Letter of No Divorce: the date range to be searched, written on the form.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics (RVRS) 150 Mount Vernon St. 1st floor Dorchester, MA 02125
- State fee
- No fee. The form states there is no fee for a divorce information request.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Source
- Official government page