West Virginia Code 16-5-34 – Uniform system of registration of marriage, divorce and annulment of marriage
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(a) To encourage an efficient and uniform system of registration of marriage, divorce and annulment of marriage may be established in this state, the state Registrar shall provide for the registration of each marriage, divorce and annulment of marriage which occurs in this state.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 16-5-34
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health within the Department of Health and Human Resources. See West Virginia Code 16-5-1
- Registration: means the process by which vital records are completed, filed and incorporated into the official records of the section of vital statistics. See West Virginia Code 16-5-1
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
(b) The commissioner may, subject to legislative rule:
(1) Install a statewide system of registering, indexing, and preserving records of marriage, divorce and annulment of marriage;
(2) Give instructions, and prescribe and furnish forms, for collecting, transcribing, compiling and preserving records and statistics of marriage, divorce and annulment of marriage; and
(3) Make and publish a statistical report of marriage, divorce and annulment of marriage in this state.