Code of Virginia
Chapter 7 - Vital Records
§ 32.1-255. Duties of county, city and special registrars and deputies

A. The county, city or special registrar with respect to his jurisdiction shall:
1. Perform his duties pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and regulations issued hereunder.
2. Transmit twice monthly the certificates, reports, or other records filed with him to the State Registrar or more frequently when directed to do so by the State Registrar.
3. Maintain such local records, make such reports and perform such other duties as may be required by the State Registrar.
B. Deputies shall perform the duties of the registrar in the absence or incapacity of such registrar and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the State Registrar.
Code 1950, § 32-353.11; 1954, c. 346; 1960, c. 451; 1979, c. 711.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 32.1 - Health

Chapter 7 - Vital Records

§ 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

§ 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 certificate of birth established on proof of adoption, legitimation or determination of paternity, or change of sex

§ 32.1-261.1. Repealed

§ 32.1-262. Records of adoptions

§ 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

§ 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

§ 32.1-269. Amending vital records; change of name; acknowledgment of paternity

§ 32.1-269.1. Amending death certificates; change and correction of demographic information by affidavit or court order

§ 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