CODE OF VIRGINIA PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO CERTIFY RECORD OF MARRIAGE (§ 20-24) If any minister authorized to celebrate rites of marriage under § 20-23, or any other person so authorized under § 20-25, shall fail to comply with § 32.1-267, the penalty shall be $25. HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5093; 1979, c. 502; 1981, c. 298; 2025, c. 104.