{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-2-203","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-2-203","heading":"Register of marriages.","body":"(a) The clerk of the county commission is required to maintain a suitable book to be used as a register of marriages. The clerk shall keep a complete record of the following information:\n(1) Factual information that relates to the eligibility of a person to obtain a marriage license: Provided, That if the license is issued because the female is pregnant, the pregnancy will not be noted by the clerk in the register of marriages;\n(2) Each marriage license issued by the clerk; and\n(3) An endorsement by a minister, priest, rabbi, or judge certifying that the marriage was solemnized.\n(b) The clerk shall index the register of marriages in the names of both parties to the marriage.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 2. MARRIAGES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-2-203/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:20Z","sha256":"41a073f2bd0fab8dfbd3a194f6e7e445c7dad00eae5d5f4cde3e6f8692c40372","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-2-202","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-2-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}