To understand the reason why marriage records are some of the most requested for records from the government, one must first understand what the contents of the records are and how they affect the lives of not only those who are a party to the marriage or a member of the family of the party to the marriage, but even the whole world. There is no question that marriage is something that would change the status of the person who would get married, and such change of status is something that would be binding upon the whole world. From there, one can see the reason why marriage records like Clay County Marriage Records are some of the most requested for records from the government.Yet, it must be understood that the reason that marriage is something that would have effects upon the whole world is also because of the fact that the change of status of a person brings with it certain changes upon their rights and responsibilities that would be binding upon the whole world. An example of this would be the fact that the married person has the right to be an heir to his or her spouse no matter where he or she is, or the fact that the marriage is in existence and could not easily be dissolved even if one of the parties to the marriage had fled to a different jurisdiction.As the official records of the government, these records are afforded the presumption of regularity such that the contents of the records are presumed to be true and accurate at all times. This presumption means that the party who would present copies of the records would be under no obligation to prove that the contents of the records are true and accurate, but note that the presumption does not apply if the records were not obtained from the proper sources, thus, while there is no need to present proof that the contents of the records are true and accurate, there is still the need to prove that the records were obtained from the proper sources.The proper sources of the records are located at both the state or national level sources and the county or local level sources. It would be the decision of the person who would want to make the request as to where he or she would take his or her request, but the inherent advantages and disadvantages of the two levels must be taken into consideration by the person who would make the request. Note as well that there are different procedures that must be followed depending on the office where the request would be made, and these different procedures would also have their own inherent advantages and disadvantages that would have to be taken into consideration by the person making the request.One could also make the request for Clay County Vital Records online through the use of online databases. These online databases are not official sources, but the information that they could provide would be substantially the same as that which could be found from the official sources, and they could present the information faster and more efficiently.