Reviewed and updated October 11, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026.
Belknap County, New Hampshire, has about 65,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). The divorce record of a couple from Belknap County is a file of the Circuit Court's Family Division, kept by the Family Division clerk, not a vital record. This guide says where the file is, how a certified copy of the decree is had and what the state issues.
This guide covers the court, copies, related records and common questions.
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Where a Divorce from Belknap County Is Filed and Kept
A divorce in New Hampshire is a court case, so the file and the final judgment of a divorce from Belknap County stay with the Circuit Court's Family Division. The Family Division clerk keeps it, and the case index tells whether a divorce was filed and when.
For Belknap County the court records page SearchSystems verified is at belknapcounty.gov/m/directory/department?did=12 (page title: Staff Directory, Restorative Justice | Court Diversion), phone 603-527-5493, 64 Court Street Laconia, NH 03246, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026. Most of a divorce file is open to the public; the papers the law keeps confidential and anything the court has sealed are not.
New Hampshire has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Copies of a Divorce Decree from Belknap County
A certified copy of the decree comes from the Family Division clerk, the office that keeps the file, reached through the court at 603-527-5493.
The New Hampshire Division of Vital Records also issues divorce certificates for divorces granted since 1808.
The New Hampshire vital records page SearchSystems verified is at sos.nh.gov/vital-records-0/purchasing-correcting-vital-records/requ....
The Registry of Deeds, whose page SearchSystems verified is at belknapcounty.gov/214/Register-of-Deeds, records deeds and liens, not divorces.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a copy of a divorce decree from Belknap County?
From the Circuit Court's Family Division, through the Family Division clerk (belknapcounty.gov). The New Hampshire Division of Vital Records also issues divorce certificates for divorces granted since 1808.
Are divorce records public in New Hampshire?
Mostly. The court file is open except for the papers the law makes confidential and anything the court seals.
Which court hears divorces from Belknap County?
The Circuit Court's Family Division. The file is kept by the Family Division clerk.
Does New Hampshire issue divorce certificates?
The New Hampshire Division of Vital Records also issues divorce certificates for divorces granted since 1808.
Is this the official Belknap County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.