(a) The State Registrar may appoint one or more local registrars and deputy local registrars, and may assign them to one or more registration districts.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 16-5-7

  • Deputy local registrar: means a person appointed by and working under the supervision of a local registrar in the discharge of the vital statistics functions specified to be performed in and for the county or other district of the local registrar. See West Virginia Code 16-5-1
  • Local registrar: means the person appointed by the state Registrar of Vital Statistics for a county or other district to perform the vital statistics functions specified to be performed in and for the county or other district. See West Virginia Code 16-5-1
  • Registration: means the process by which vital records are completed, filed and incorporated into the official records of the section of vital statistics. See West Virginia Code 16-5-1
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10

(b) The State Registrar may remove a local registrar or a deputy local registrar for reasonable cause.