§ 130A-110. Registration of marriage certificates. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 130A‑110. Registration of marriage certificates.

(a)        On or before thefifteenth day of the month, the register of deeds shall transmit to the StateRegistrar a record of each marriage ceremony performed during the precedingcalendar month for which a license was issued by the register of deeds. TheState Registrar shall prescribe a form containing the information required byG.S. 51‑16 and additional information to conform with the requirements ofthe federal agency responsible for national vital statistics. The form shall bethe official form of a marriage license, certificate of marriage andapplication for marriage license.

(b)        Each form signedand issued by the register of deeds, assistant register of deeds or deputyregister of deeds shall constitute an original or a duplicate original. Uponrequest, the State Registrar shall furnish a true copy of the marriageregistration. The copy shall have the same evidentiary value as the original.

(c)        The register ofdeeds shall provide copies or abstracts of marriage certificates to any personupon request. Certified copies of these certificates shall be provided only tothose persons described in G.S. 130A‑93(c).

(d)        Marriagecertificates maintained by the local register of deeds shall be open toinspection and examination. (1961, c. 862; 1969, c. 1031, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s.128; 1977, c. 1110, s. 3; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 1985, c. 325, s. 2; 2001‑62,s. 15; 2001‑487, s. 83.)