(a) Two persons desiring to unite in marriage may do so by submitting the affidavits, forms, and data specified in Section 30-1-5 and Section 30-1-9.1 for recording with the office of the judge of probate. The recording of the affidavits, forms, and data establishes legal recognition of the marriage as of the date the affidavits and forms were properly signed by the two parties so long as the documentation was provided to the probate office within 30 days of the signatures of the parties. Each marriage filed with the probate office shall be filed and registered with the Office of Vital Statistics.
(b) The office of the judge of probate shall record, in a permanent record, each marriage presented to the probate office for filing so long as the affidavits, forms, and data are submitted as required by Act 2019-340, and shall forward each marriage filed with the probate office during the preceding calendar month to the Office of Vital Statistics on or before the fifth day of the following calendar month.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 9A - Vital Statistics.
Section 22-9A-1 - Definitions.
Section 22-9A-2 - Office of Vital Statistics and Statewide System of Vital Statistics.
Section 22-9A-3 - Appointment of State Registrar of Vital Statistics; Duties of State Registrar.
Section 22-9A-4 - Registration Districts.
Section 22-9A-5 - Local Registrars and Deputy Registrars of Vital Statistics.
Section 22-9A-6 - Content of Certificates and Reports.
Section 22-9A-7 - Registration of Births.
Section 22-9A-8 - Registration of Infants of Unknown Parentage.
Section 22-9A-9 - Delayed Registration of Birth.
Section 22-9A-10 - Judicial Procedure to Establish Facts of Birth.
Section 22-9A-11 - Court Reports of Adoption.
Section 22-9A-11.1 - Issuance of Certificate of Foreign Birth Without Judicial Proceedings.
Section 22-9A-13 - Reports of Fetal Death; Reports of Induced Termination of Pregnancy.
Section 22-9A-13.1 - Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth.
Section 22-9A-14 - Death Registration.
Section 22-9A-15 - Delayed Registration of Death.
Section 22-9A-16 - Authorization for Final Disposition.
Section 22-9A-17 - Marriage Registration.
Section 22-9A-18 - Divorce Registration.
Section 22-9A-19 - Amendment of Vital Records.
Section 22-9A-20 - Reproduction of Vital Records.
Section 22-9A-21 - Disclosure of Information From Vital Records.
Section 22-9A-22 - Copies or Data From the System of Vital Statistics.
Section 22-9A-24 - Persons Required to Keep Records and to Furnish Information.
Section 22-9A-25 - Enforcement.
Section 22-9A-26 - Penalty for Violation of Chapter or Rules of the State Board of Health.