Vermont § 5008 - Town clerk; recording and indexing procedures A town clerk shall file for record and index in volumes all marriage certificates and burial-transit permits received by the town
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§ 5008. Town clerk; recording and indexing procedures A town clerk shall file for record and index in volumes all marriage certificates and burial-transit permits received by the town
- . Each volume or series shall contain
an alphabetical index. Civil marriage certificates shall be filed for record in one
volume or series, civil union certificates kept in another, and burial-transit permits
in another, except that in a town having less than 500 inhabitants, the town clerk
may cause civil marriage, civil union, and burial-transit permits to be filed for
record in one volume. (Amended 1969, No. 265 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2007, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2009, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. May 6, 2010; 2017, No. 46, § 10, eff. July 1, 2019.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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