(a) A record of each divorce or annulment granted by any court in this state shall be filed by the clerk, register, or clerk and register of each court with the Office of Vital Statistics and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section. The record shall be prepared by the petitioner or his or her representative on a form or in a format prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar and shall be presented to the clerk or register with the petition. In all cases, the completed record shall be prerequisite to the granting of the final decree.
(b) The clerk, register, or clerk and register shall complete and forward to the Office of Vital Statistics on or before the fifth day of each calendar month the records of each divorce or annulment decree granted during the preceding 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.