How can my fiancee prove her civil status?

Absalon

My fiancee needs to get a document affirming/attesting her civil status. Basically, proof that she is currently unmarried. She lives in Indiana, by the way, if that is of note.

Does anyone know what US agency/department she should turn to?

Elvenshae

I'd first call the local courthouse and see what they have to say.

I'm not sure how she's going to prove a negative, though ...

Kruite

I don't think the US gov has paperwork that states that.....by default anyway.

According to apostille.us she can fill out a single status affidavit and get it signed with a notary. But it is not a government document.

EDIT
She can have her state do a search for public records of marriage certificates and give her a document for it.

Quid

Maybe past tax documents with her filing as single? This seems like a really weird thing to have to prove.

Jragghen

When my wife and I were looking at having our church wedding in the Philippines, one of the documents I needed to provide was a proof of marriage eligibility. But the United States does not track that, so what I had to do instead was go to the US Embassy and get an "Affidavit In Lieu of a Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage."

Guessing you're looking for a similar reason - the United States doesn't track that, but for whatever reason you're looking for, there's probably a method she can go to an embassy and get a similar document. You probably want to check with the US State department, but you'll also want to verify that whatever location (country, province, etc - whoever cares) is willing to accept the document. In our case, it was up to the province in question as to whether they would accept it. Usually it happens without issue, but that wrinkle was always present.

Ended up a moot point in our case, though.

Cauld

I was told I needed to do something like this to get married abroad. Like others have said, my local courthouse would only give me something saying I'd never been married by them. Turned out the local office (in China), didn't want any of the things the internet said they wanted. So similar documents saying I wasn't a criminal, etc. were also unneeded.