(a) To encourage an efficient and uniform system of registration of marriage, divorce and annulment of marriage may be established in this state, the state Registrar shall provide for the registration of each marriage, divorce and annulment of marriage which occurs in this state.
(b) The commissioner may, subject to legislative rule:
(1) Install a statewide system of registering, indexing, and preserving records of marriage, divorce and annulment of marriage;
(2) Give instructions, and prescribe and furnish forms, for collecting, transcribing, compiling and preserving records and statistics of marriage, divorce and annulment of marriage; and
(3) Make and publish a statistical report of marriage, divorce and annulment of marriage in this state.
Structure West Virginia Code
§16-5-2. Establishment of Section of Vital Statistics in Bureau for Public Health
§16-5-3. Department of Health and Human Resources to Propose Legislative Rules
§16-5-4. Appointment of State Registrar of Vital Statistics
§16-5-5. Powers and Duties of State Registrar
§16-5-6. Registration Districts
§16-5-7. Appointment and Removal of Local Registrars and Deputy Local Registrars
§16-5-8. Duties of Local Registrars and Deputy Local Registrars
§16-5-9. Content of Certificates and Reports
§16-5-9a. Legal Residences to Be Included on Certificates of Death
§16-5-10. Birth Registration Acknowledgment and Rescission of Paternity
§16-5-11. Registration of Infants and Minors Born With Specified Birth Defects
§16-5-12. Notation on Birth Records of Missing Children
§16-5-13. Registration of Infants of Unknown Parentage
§16-5-14. Delayed Registration of Births
§16-5-15. Judicial Procedure to Establish Facts of Birth
§16-5-16. Certificate of Adoption
§16-5-17. Court Reports of Determination of Paternity
§16-5-20. Delayed Registration of Death
§16-5-21. Reports of Fetal Death
§16-5-21a. Noah's Law; Certificate of Birth for a Stillbirth; and Contents of Certificate
§16-5-22. Reports of Abortions
§16-5-23. Authorization for Disposition and Disinterment and Reinterment Permits
§16-5-24. Extension of Time for Filing Certificates, Reports and Authorizations
§16-5-25. Correction and Amendment of Vital Records
§16-5-26. Reproduction and Preservation of Records
§16-5-27. Disclosure of Information From Vital Records or Vital Reports
§16-5-28. Copies From the System of Vital Statistics
§16-5-29. Fees for Copies and Searches
§16-5-30. Persons Required to Keep Records
§16-5-31. Duty to Furnish Information Relative to Vital Events
§16-5-32. Matching of Birth and Death Certificates
§16-5-33. Limitation on Use of Social Security Numbers
§16-5-34. Uniform System of Registration of Marriage, Divorce and Annulment of Marriage
§16-5-35. Registration of Marriages
§16-5-36. Registration of Divorces and Annulments of Marriages
§16-5-37. Applicability to Previously Received Certificates and Reports