To preserve original documents, the State Registrar is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of original vital records in his custody. Such reproductions when certified by him shall be accepted as the original records.
The documents from which permanent reproductions have been made and verified may be disposed of as provided by regulation.
Any vital record issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be on security paper provided by the State Registrar and shall be considered a certified vital record and accepted as the original record.
Code 1950, § 32-353.25; 1960, c. 451; 1979, c. 711; 1983, c. 240; 2013, c. 534.
Structure Code of Virginia
§ 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
§ 32.1-262. Records of adoptions
§ 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
§ 32.1-268. 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
§ 32.1-272. 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
§ 32.1-275. 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