The Burgh Registers (Scotland) Act 1926 discontinued Scotland's burgh registers. However it allowed burgh registers to continue for as long as their current keeper remained in office. As a result, many burgh registers continued well into the middle of the 20th century.
| Burgh Register | Date of Discontinuance | Modern Registration County |
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| Glasgow | 1 June 1927 | Barony and Regality of Glasgow |
| Kinghorn | 1 June 1927 | Fife |
| Kirkcaldy | 1 June 1927 | Fife |
| Paisley (Bookings etc) | 1 July 1927 | Renfrew |
| Lochmaben | 30 June 1927 | Dumfries |
| Edinburgh | 31 August 1927 | Edinburgh |
| Inverbervie | 31 December 1927 | Kincardine |
| Wigtown | 31 March 1928 | Wigtown |
| Dundee | 31 December 1928 | Angus |
| Renfrew | 30 April 1929 | Renfrew |
| Dysart | 31 December 1930 | Fife |
| Aberdeen | 30 September 1931 | Aberdeen |
| Queensferry | 31 July 1932 | West Lothian |
| Linlithgow | 31 January 1934 | West Lothian |
| Forres | 28 February 1934 | Moray |
| Forfar | 30 April 1935 | Angus |
| New Galloway | 31 May 1935 | Kirkcudbright |
| Nairn | 31 July 1935 | Nairn |
| Auchtermuchty | 30 September 1935 | Fife |
| Inverness | 30 September 1935 | Inverness |
| Cullen | 30 June 1936 | Banff |
| Kirkcudbright | 31 March 1938 | Stewartry of Kirkcudbright |
| Culross | 31 May 1938 | Fife |
| Falkland | 31 August 1938 | Fife |
| Dumfries | 31 October 1938 | Dumfries |
| Rutherglen | 31 October 1938 | Either Barony and Regality of Glasgow or Lanark |
| Tain | 31 January 1939 | Ross and Cromarty |
| Stirling | 30 September 1939 | Stirling |
| Inverkeithing | 30 September 1939 | Fife |
| Jedburgh | 31 May 1941 | Roxburgh |
| Lanark | 31 July 1941 | Lanark |
| Dumbarton | 31 July 1941 | Dunbarton |
| Arbroath | 31 August 1941 | Angus |
| Elgin | 31 October 1941 | Moray |
| Burntisland | 28 February 1942 | Fife |
| Kintore | 31 March 1942 | Aberdeen |
| Banff | 31 August 1942 | Banff |
| Fortrose | 30 November 1942 | Ross and Cromarty |
| North Berwick | 31 March 1943 | East Lothian |
| Cupar | 30 April 1943 | Fife |
| Stranraer | 31 August 1943 | Wigtown |
| Perth | 31 March 1944 | Perth |
| Whithorn | 31 March 1944 | Wigtown |
| Montrose | 31 July 1944 | Angus |
| Irvine | 31 August 1944 | Ayr |
| Annan | 31 October 1944 | Dumfries |
| Kirkwall | 31 October 1945 | Orkney and Zetland |
| Selkirk | 31 December 1945 | Selkirk |
| Newburgh | 28 February 1946 | Fife |
| Inverurie | 31 May 1946 | Aberdeen |
| Ayr | 30 June 1946 | Ayr |
| Dunfermline | 31 July 1946 | Fife |
| Brechin | 30 November 1946 | Angus |
| Dunbar | 31 December 1946 | East Lothian |
| Rothesay | 31 October 1947 | Bute |
| St Andrews | 31 August 1948 | Fife |
| Lauder | 31 August 1948 | Berwick |
| Peebles | 31 October 1948 | Peebles |
| Haddington | 31 May 1951 | East Lothian |
| Anstruther (Wester) | 31 March 1953 | Fife |
| Crail | 31 March 1953 | Fife |
| Sanquhar | 30 September 1953 | Dumfries |
| Pittenweem | 29 February 1960 | Fife |
| Earlsferry | 1 November 1960 | Fife |
| Dingwall | 30 June 1963 | Ross and Cromarty |