§16-5-29. Fees for Copies and Searches
(a) The commissioner shall prescribe the fees to be charged and collected by the state Registrar for certified copies of certificates or records, not to exceed $10 per copy, or for a search of the files or records when no copy is made: Provided, That the fee may be increased to a maximum of $12 […]
§16-5-30. Persons Required to Keep Records
(a) Every person in charge of an institution as defined in this article shall keep a record of personal data concerning each person admitted or confined to the institution. The record must include information required for the certificates of birth and death and the reports of fetal death required by this article. The record shall […]
§16-5-31. Duty to Furnish Information Relative to Vital Events
(a) Any person or institution required under this article to collect and maintain information regarding any birth, death, fetal death, marriage, or divorce or annulment, shall furnish the information to the state Registrar upon request. (b) Any person or institution that in good faith provides information required by this article or legislative rules shall not […]
§16-5-32. Matching of Birth and Death Certificates
To protect the integrity of vital records and to prevent the fraudulent use of certificates of birth of deceased persons, the state Registrar is authorized to match certificates of birth and death, in accordance with legislative rule which requires that the fact of death and the matching identities be determined with reasonable certainty and to […]
§16-5-18. Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Paternity Acknowledgment and Court Determination of Paternity
(a) The State Registrar shall establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in West Virginia when he or she receives the following: (1) A certificate of adoption as provided in section sixteen of this article or a certificate of adoption prepared and filed in accordance with the laws of another state, or […]
§16-5-19. Death registration.(a) a Certificate of Death for Each Death Which Occurs in This State Shall Be Filed With the Section of Vital Statistics, or as Otherwise Directed by the State Registrar, Within Five Days After Death, and Prior to Final Disposition, and Shall Be Registered if It Has Been Completed and Filed in Accordance With This Section
(1) If the place of death is unknown, but the dead body is found in this state, the place where the body was found shall be shown as the place of death.
§16-5-20. Delayed Registration of Death
(a) When a death occurring in this state has not been registered within the time period described by section nineteen of this article, a certificate of death may be filed subject to evidentiary documentation and other requirements as prescribed by legislative rule. (b) If the required evidentiary documentation is not filed with the application for […]
§16-5-21. Reports of Fetal Death
(a) Each fetal death of three hundred fifty grams or more, and if weight is unknown, of twenty completed weeks of gestation or more, calculated from the date the last normal menstrual period began to the date of delivery, which occurs in this state, shall be reported within five days after delivery to the section […]
§16-5-21a. Noah's Law; Certificate of Birth for a Stillbirth; and Contents of Certificate
(a) This section of the code shall be known as "Noah's Law". (b) For the purposes of this section, the term "stillbirth" or "stillborn" means an unintended intrauterine fetal death occurring in this state. (c) Following a report of fetal death as required by section twenty-one of this article, either the mother or father of […]
§16-5-22. Reports of Abortions
(a) Each abortion, as defined in 16-2R-2 of this code, which occurs in this state, shall be reported to the section of vital registration no later than the tenth day of the month following the month the procedure was performed by the person in charge of the hospital in which the abortion was performed. The […]