(a) The clerk of the county commission is required to maintain a suitable book to be used as a register of marriages. The clerk shall keep a complete record of the following information: (1) Factual information that relates to the eligibility of a person to obtain a marriage license: Provided, That if the license is issued because the female is pregnant, the pregnancy will not be noted by the clerk in the register of marriages;(2) Each marriage license issued by the clerk; and(3) An endorsement by a minister, priest, rabbi, or judge certifying that the marriage was solemnized.(b) The clerk shall index the register of marriages in the names of both parties to the marriage.
West Virginia Legal Code