2010 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH
ARTICLE 5. VITAL STATISTICS.
§16-5-34. Uniform system of registration of marriage, divorce and annulment of marriage.
§16-5-34. Uniform system of registration of marriage, divorce and
annulment of marriage.(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.
(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.
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