Colorado § 25-2-117 Certified copies furnished - fee

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§ 25-2-117 — Certified copies furnished - fee

Colorado § 25-2-117

Title 25Public

Art.Vital Statistics

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-2-117 (2026).

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(1)Vital statistics records shall be treated as confidential, but the department of public health and environment shall, upon request, furnish to any applicant having a direct and tangible interest in a vital statistics record a certified copy of any record registered under the provisions of this article. Any copy of the record of a birth or death, when properly certified by the state registrar or as otherwise directed by the state registrar to be a true copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated.

(2)An applicant shall pay fees established pursuant to section 25-2-121 for each of the following services:

(a)The reproduction and certification of birth or death records; except that an applicant shall not pay a fee:

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(1) Vital statistics records shall
be treated as confidential, but the department of public health and environment
shall, upon request, furnish to any applicant having a direct and tangible interest in
a vital statistics record a certified copy of any record registered under the
provisions of this article. Any copy of the record of a birth or death, when properly
certified by the state registrar or as otherwise directed by the state registrar to be
a true copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the
facts therein stated.

(2) An applicant shall pay fees established pursuant to section 25-2-121 for
each of the following services:

(a) The reproduction and certification of birth or death records; except that
an applicant shall not pay a fee:

(I) For the provision of a certified copy of such a record to:

(A) Another state agency;

(B) A county department of human or social services; or

(C) An individual presenting a letter of referral from a county department of
human or social services; or

(II) If the applicant is a delegate child support enforcement unit acting
pursuant to article 13 of title 26, C.R.S.;

(b) Any search of the files and records of the state registrar when no
certified copy is made, such fee to pertain to each hour or fractional hour of time of
the search;

(c) The processing of new certificates, delayed certificates, or corrected
certificates;

(d) The verification of marriage or divorce;

(e) The reproduction of various vital statistics, publications, reports, and data
services; and

(f) The verification of a civil union or dissolution of a civil union.

(3) To preserve vital statistics records, the state registrar is authorized to
prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of certificates
or reports. When certified by the state registrar, such reproductions shall be
accepted as the original records. The documents from which permanent
reproductions have been made and verified may be disposed of as provided by
regulation.

Legislative History

Source: L. 67: R&RE, p. 1062, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-8-17. L. 82: Entire section amended, p. 408, � 1, effective July 1. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1049, � 1, effective June 15. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 749, � 13, effective July 1. L. 89: (2)(a) amended, p. 796, � 29, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 2749, � 401, effective July 1. L. 2010: (2)(a) amended, (SB 10-006), ch. 341, p. 1578, � 2, effective June 5. L. 2013: (2)(d) and (2)(e) amended and (2)(f) added, (SB 13-011), ch. 49, p. 156, � 4, effective May 1. L. 2018: (2)(a)(I)(B) and (2)(a)(I)(C) amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 441, � 99, effective August 8.