Section 41-57-47 - Certificates of registrar to be prima facie evidence

Any copy of the records of marriages, when properly certified by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics to be a true copy thereof, shall be taken and received as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated in all courts of this state. For any such certified copy, the applicant shall pay to the Bureau of Vital Statistics such fee for transactions as prescribed by the State Board of Health, which fees shall be paid into the State Treasury within sixty (60) days from the receipt thereof.Codes, 1930, § 4939; 1942, § 7094; Laws, 1926, ch. 164; Laws, 1928, ch. 132; Laws, 2001, ch. 418, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.