(a) A record of each marriage performed in this State shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.
(b) The official who issues the marriage license shall prepare the record on the form prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar upon the basis of information obtained from the parties to be married.
(c) The person who performs the marriage ceremony shall certify the fact of marriage and, within 5 days following the day on which the marriage was solemnized, file the marriage license/certificate with 1 of the 3 vital statistics offices in this State.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 31. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, DIVORCES, ANNULMENTS AND ADOPTIONS
Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures
§ 3121. Registration of births.
§ 3121A. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
§ 3122. Infants of unknown parentage; foundling registration.
§ 3123. Registration of death.
§ 3124. Registration of spontaneous fetal death.
§ 3125. Registration of marriage.
§ 3126. Registration of adoptions; duty of clerk of court; old and new birth certificates.
§ 3127. Acknowledgment or establishment of paternity.
§ 3128. Divorce or annulment registration for statistical purposes.
§ 3130. Certificates as evidence.
§ 3131. Delayed or amended certificates; procedures; evidence.