                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CLERK TO FILE LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE; INDEXING NAMES OF PARTIES; CERTIFIED
COPIES AS EVIDENCE (§ 20-20)

The clerk to whom the license and certificate are returned, shall file and
preserve the original in his office, and make an index of the names of both of
the parties married.
		When the certificates of such person celebrating such marriage are returned to
the clerk, and recorded as provided in this section and § 32.1-267, copies of
the same properly certified by the clerk lawfully having the custody thereof or
properly certified by the State Registrar of Vital Records shall be prima facie
evidence of the facts therein set forth in all courts of this Commonwealth.

HISTORY: Code 1919, §§ 5074, 5076; 1928, p. 315; 1938, p. 152; 1968, c. 318.