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Event: Birth or death
Cost of copy: $10.00
Address:
Vital Registration Office
Room 165
350 Capitol Street
Charleston, WV 25301-3701
Remarks: State office
has records since January 1917. For earlier records, write to Clerk of County Court in
county where event occurred.
Personal check or money order should be made
payable to Vital Registration. To verify
current fees, the telephone number is (304) 558-2931.
Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the
Internet at http://www.wvdhhr.org.
Event: Marriage (State)
Cost of copy: $10.00
Address:
Vital Registration Office
Room 165
350 Capitol Street
Charleston, WV 25301-3701
Remarks: Records since
1921. Certified copies available from 1964.
Event: Marriage (county)
Cost of copy: Varies
Address: See remarks
Remarks: County Clerk in
county where license was issued.
Event: Divorce (State)
Cost of copy: See
Remarks
Address:
Vital Registration Office
Room 165
350 Capitol Street
Charleston, WV 25301-3701
Remarks: Index since
1968. Some items may be verified (fee $5.00). Certified copies are not available from
State office.
Event: Divorce (county)
Cost of copy: Varies
Address: See remarks
Remarks: Clerk of
Circuit Court, Chancery Side, in county where divorce was granted.
Authentication: For documents to be used outside the USA
West Virginia
Office of Secretary of State
Capitol Building
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
No. 157-K
Charleston, WV 25305-0770
304-558-6000
http://www.wvsos.com/execrecords/other/authentication.htm
Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Under Secretary of State; any Deputy Secretary of State.
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