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2016 Code of Virginia
Title 32.1 - Health
Chapter 7 - Vital Records
Article 1. Definitions and Administrative Provisions
- § 32.1-249. Definitions
- § 32.1-250. Duties of Board
- § 32.1-251. State Registrar; appointment
- § 32.1-252. State Registrar; duties; delegations
- § 32.1-253. Same; establishment of registration districts
- § 32.1-254. County and city registrars designated; deputies; special registrars
- § 32.1-255. Duties of county, city and special registrars and deputies
- § 32.1-256. Fees of special registrars
Article 2. Birth Certificates
- § 32.1-257. Filing birth certificates; from whom required; signatures of parents
- § 32.1-257.1. Parents to report social security account number at time of child's birth
- § 32.1-258. Report of foundling; constitutes birth certificate
- § 32.1-258.1. Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; requirements
- § 32.1-259. Filing and registration of delayed birth certificates; refusal of registration; notice of right of appeal
- § 32.1-260. Petition for court order establishing record of birth when delayed certificate rejected; hearing; notice; findings; registration of court order
- § 32.1-261. New birth certificate established on proof of adoption, legitimation or determination of paternity
- § 32.1-261.1. Repealed
Article 3. Records of Adoptions
Article 4. Death Certificates and Out-of-State Transit Permits
- § 32.1-263. Filing death certificates; medical certification; investigation by Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
- § 32.1-264. Reports of fetal deaths; medical certification; investigation by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; confidentiality of information concerning abortions
- § 32.1-265. Transit permits; permits for disinterment and reinterment
- § 32.1-266. Extending time for filing death certificates and obtaining out-of-state transit permits
Article 5. Marriage Records and Divorce and Annulment Reports
- § 32.1-267. Records of marriages; duties of officer issuing marriage license and person officiating at ceremony; blocking of social security number
- § 32.1-268. Reports of divorces and annulments
- § 32.1-268.1. Compilation and posting of marriage, divorce, and annulment data
Article 6. Amendments to Vital Records
- § 32.1-269. Amending vital records; change of name; acknowledgment of paternity; change of sex
- § 32.1-269.1. Amending death certificates; change and correction of demographic information by affidavit or court order
Article 7. Miscellaneous Provisions
- § 32.1-270. State Registrar may reproduce records; disposition of documents from which permanent reproductions made
- § 32.1-271. Disclosure of information in records; when unlawful; when permitted; proceeding to compel disclosure; when certain records made public
- § 32.1-272. Certified copies of vital records; other copies
- § 32.1-273. Fees for certified copies, searches of files, etc.; disposition
- § 32.1-273.1. Virginia Vital Statistics Automation Fund
- § 32.1-274. Persons in charge of institutions and funeral directors, etc., to keep records; lists sent to State Registrar
- § 32.1-275. Information as to births, deaths, marriages and divorces to be furnished on demand
- § 32.1-275.1. Matching of birth and death certificates; marking of certificates and copies
- § 32.1-275.2. Notation on birth records of missing children
- § 32.1-276. Penalty imposed for violations
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