KRS 213.116: Collection of data relating to marriages, divorces, and annulments.

(1) The cabinet shall perform the collection, indexing, tabulation, and registration of

data relating to marriages, divorces, and annulments. The secretary shall adopt

administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

(2) Each county clerk shall on or before the tenth day of each month furnish to the state

registrar, from the marriage licenses issued and the marriage certificates returned to

the clerk during the previous month, the information required by the Cabinet for

Health and Family Services upon forms prescribed and furnished by the cabinet.

The county clerk shall collect from the applicants for a marriage license at the time

the license is issued one dollar ($1), which shall constitute the clerk's fee for

forwarding the required information to the state registrar.

(3) A marriage record not filed within the time prescribed by this section may be

registered in accordance with administrative regulations adopted by the cabinet.

(4) In all actions for dissolution of marriage, the petition er, or the petitioner's attorney

or legal representative, shall file, concurrently with the petition, the information

requested on forms prescribed and furnished by the Cabinet for Health and Family

Services. By January 1, 2013, these forms shall be availa ble on the cabinet's Web

site as a downloadable document that can be completed electronically and printed.

The provisions of the information shall be prerequisite to the issuance of a final

decree in the matter by the court.

(5) Each Circuit Court clerk sh all, within forty -five (45) days after entry of a final

judgment of divorce, absolute or limited, or annulment of marriage, complete the

form prescribed and furnished by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and

forward it to the state registrar.