West Virginia Code § 16-5-34

Uniform system of registration of marriage, divorce and annulment of
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marriage.
(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. e
(b) The commissioner may, subject to legislative rule:
(1) Install a statewide system of registering, indexing, and preseurving 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, divoarce and annulment of marriage; and
(3) Make and publish a statistical report of marriagle, divorce and annulment of marriage in
this state.

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