                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MATCHING OF BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES; MARKING OF CERTIFICATES AND COPIES (§
32.1-275.1)

To protect the integrity of vital records and prevent the fraudulent use of
birth certificates of deceased persons, the State Registrar is hereby authorized
to match birth and death certificates, in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the Board, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the fact of death,
and to post the facts of death to the appropriate birth certificate. Copies
issued from birth certificates marked deceased shall be similarly marked.

HISTORY: 1983, c. 240.