§ 5008. Town clerk; recording and indexing procedures
A town clerk shall file for record and index in volumes all marriage certificates and burial-transit permits received by the town. Each volume or series shall contain an alphabetical index. Civil marriage certificates shall be filed for record in one volume or series, civil union certificates kept in another, and burial-transit permits in another, except that in a town having less than 500 inhabitants, the town clerk may cause civil marriage, civil union, and burial-transit permits to be filed for record in one volume. (Amended 1969, No. 265 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2007, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2009, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. May 6, 2010; 2017, No. 46, § 10, eff. July 1, 2019.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 101 - Vital Records Generally
§ 5000. State Registrar; duties; authority; Statewide Registration System; issuing agents
§ 5002. Report of vital statistics; preservation of records; authority to issue
§ 5003. Materials for issuing agents
§ 5004. Family Division of the Superior Court; divorce and dissolution returns
§ 5005. Unorganized towns and gores
§ 5006. Vital event information published in town reports
§ 5007. Preservation of records
§ 5008. Town clerk; recording and indexing procedures
§ 5009. Certified copies to town of residence
§ 5010. Transmittal of marriage certificates
§ 5012. Town clerk to provide general index; marriages and civil unions