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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1979, chapter 502; in 1981, chapter 298; in 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0104\">104<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58372,"section_number":"20-23","catch_line":"Order authorizing ministers to perform ceremony","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-23\/"},{"id":79164,"section_number":"20-25","catch_line":"Persons other than ministers who may perform rites","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-25\/"},{"id":70103,"section_number":"32.1-267","catch_line":"Records of marriages; duties of officer issuing marriage license and person officiating at ceremony; blocking of social security number","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-267\/"}],"permalink":{"id":178233,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69426,"identifier":"20-24","token":"20\/2\/20-24","url":"\/20-24\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-24\/","token":"20\/2\/20-24","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalty for failure to certify record of marriage","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-24","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any minister authorized to celebrate rites of marriage under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Order authorizing ministers to perform ceremony\" href=\"\/20-23\/\">20-23<\/a>, or any other person so authorized under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Persons other than ministers who may perform rites\" href=\"\/20-25\/\">20-25<\/a>, shall fail to comply with \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Records of marriages; duties of officer issuing marriage license and person officiating at ceremony; blocking of social security number\" href=\"\/32.1-267\/\">32.1-267<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> shall be $25.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTY FOR FAILURE TO CERTIFY RECORD OF MARRIAGE (\u00a7 20-24)\n\nIf any minister authorized to celebrate rites of marriage under \u00a7 20-23, or any\nother person so authorized under \u00a7 20-25, shall fail to comply with \u00a7\n32.1-267, the penalty shall be $25.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5093; 1979, c. 502; 1981, c. 298; 2025, c. 104.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}