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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69426</law_id><section_number>20-24</section_number><catch_line>Penalty for failure to certify record of marriage</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="20">Domestic Relations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Marriage Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any minister authorized to celebrate rites of marriage under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Order authorizing ministers to perform ceremony" href="/20-23/">20-23</a>, or any other person so authorized under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Persons other than ministers who may perform rites" href="/20-25/">20-25</a>, shall fail to comply with &#xA7;&#xA0;<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></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5093; 1979, c. 502; 1981, c. 298; 2025, c. 104.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
