(a) At the time of the execution of the application, the clerk or the person administering the oath to the applicants shall require evidence of the age of each of the applicants. Evidence of age may be as follows:
(1) A certified copy of a birth certificate or a duplicate certificate produced by any means that accurately reproduces the original;
(2) A voter's registration certificate;
(3) An operator's or chauffeur's license;
(4) The affidavit of both parents or the legal guardian of the applicant; or
(5) Other good and sufficient evidence.
(b) If an affidavit is relied upon as evidence of the age of an applicant, and if one parent is dead, the affidavit of the surviving parent or of the guardian of the applicant is sufficient. If both parents are dead, the affidavit of the guardian of the applicant is sufficient. If the parents of the applicant live separate and apart, the affidavit of the parent having custody of the applicant is sufficient.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations
§48-2-101. Necessity of Marriage License
§48-2-104. Contents of the Application for a Marriage License
§48-2-105. Execution of the Application for a Marriage License
§48-2-107. Recording an Application for a Marriage License
§48-2-201. Form of Marriage License
§48-2-203. Register of Marriages
§48-2-204. Record of Marriage Celebrated Outside of State
§48-2-301. Age of Consent for Marriage; Exception
§48-2-302. Prohibition Against Marriage of Persons Related Within Certain Degrees
§48-2-303. Prohibition Against Marriage Not to Include Persons Related by Adoption
§48-2-401. Persons Authorized to Perform Marriages
§48-2-403. Ritual for Ceremony of Marriage by a Religious Representative
§48-2-404. Ritual for Ceremony of Marriage by a Judge or Justice
§48-2-405. Record of Marriage to Be Kept by Person Officiating
§48-2-406. Federal Judges Authorized to Perform Marriages
§48-2-501. Unlawful Acts by Clerk of the County Commission; Penalties
§48-2-502. Issuing Marriage License Contrary to Law; Penalty
§48-2-503. Consanguineous Marriage; Penalty
§48-2-504. Failure to Endorse and Return License; Penalties
§48-2-505. Unlawful Solicitation of a Celebration of Marriage
§48-2-601. Belief of Parties in Lawful Marriage Validates Certain Defects
§48-2-602. Marriage Out of State to Evade Law
§48-2-603. Certain Acts, Records, and Proceedings Not to Be Given Effect in This State