2018 Vermont Statutes
Title 18 - Health
Chapter 101 - Vital Records Generally
§ 5008 Town clerk; recording and indexing procedures
§ 5008. Town clerk; recording and indexing procedures
A town clerk shall file for record and index in volumes all certificates and permits received by the town. Each volume or series shall contain an alphabetical index. Civil marriage certificates shall be filed for record in one volume or series, civil unions in another, birth certificates in another, and death certificates and burial-transit and removal permits in another. However, in a town having less than 500 inhabitants, the town clerk may cause civil marriage, civil union, birth, and death certificates, and burial-transit and removal permits to be filed for record in one volume, provided that none of such volumes shall contain more than 250 certificates and permits. All volumes shall be maintained in the town clerk's office as permanent records. (Amended 1969, No. 265 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2007, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2009, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. May 6, 2010.)
[Section 5008 effective July 1, 2019; see also section 5008 effective until July 1, 2019 .]
§ 5008. Town clerk; recording and indexing procedures
A town clerk shall file for record and index in volumes all marriage certificates and burial-transit permits received by the town. Each volume or series shall contain an alphabetical index. Civil marriage certificates shall be filed for record in one volume or series, civil union certificates kept in another, and burial-transit permits in another, except that in a town having less than 500 inhabitants, the town clerk may cause civil marriage, civil union, and burial-transit permits to be filed for record in one volume. (Amended 1969, No. 265 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2007, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2009, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. May 6, 2010; 2017, No. 46, § 10, eff. July 1, 2019.)
