§ 7-74 — Fees for certification of birth registration, certified copy of vital statistics certificate and uncertified copy of original certificate of birth. Waiver of fee for certificate of death for a veteran.

Connecticut § 7-74

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 7: Municipalities
• Ch. 93: Registrars of Vital Statistics

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(a) The fee for a certification of birth registration, short form, shall be fifteen dollars. The fee for a certified copy of a certificate of birth, long form, shall be twenty dollars, except that the fee for such certifications and copies when issued by the department shall be thirty dollars. (b) (1) The fee for a certified copy of a certificate of marriage or death shall be twenty dollars. Such fees shall not be required of the department. (2) Any fee received by the Department of Public Health for a certificate of death shall be deposited in the neglected cemetery account, established in accordance with section 19a-308b . (c) The fee for one certified copy of a certificate of death for any deceased person who was a veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103 , shall be waived when such copy is requested by a spouse, child or parent of such deceased veteran. (d) The fee for an uncertified copy of an original certificate of birth issued pursuant to section 7-53 shall be sixty-five dollars. (e) Any registrar of vital statistics who receives payment pursuant to this section may permit such payment to be made on an Internet web site designated by the registrar, in a manner prescribed by the registrar, as approved by the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 577; 1971, P.A. 284, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-117, S. 2, 3; P.A. 89-217, S. 3, 6; P.A. 93-114, S. 1, 2; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-51, S. 1, 3; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 26; P.A. 04-255, S. 13; P.A. 07-133, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 146; P.A. 11-49, S. 1; P.A. 14-133, S. 5; 14-217, S. 206; P.A. 15-242, S. 36; P.A. 22-58, S. 32.) History: 1971 act increased birth registration fee from $0.50 to $1 and fee for copy from $1 to $2 and exempted department of health from payment; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of health services for department of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-117 increased fee for registration to $2 and for copying to $3; P.A. 89-217 increased fees for certification of birth registration from $2 to $5 and for a certified copy of a certificate of birth, marriage or death from $3 to $5; P.A. 93-114 increased fees for certification of birth registration and for a certified copy of a certificate of birth to $15, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-51 reduced fees for birth certificates and certification of birth registration except for those issued by the department from $15 to $5, effective May 19, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-163 made technical changes; P.A. 04-255 deleted provision that had exempted federal agencies from paying fees; P.A. 07-133 divided section into Subsecs. (a) and (b), added “short form” and “long form” and made technical changes in Subsec. (a), and increased fees for certificate of birth, long form, and for certificate of marriage or death from $5.00 to $10.00, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees; P.A. 11-49 added Subsec. (c) re waiver of fee for certified copy of death certificate for deceased person who was a veteran; P.A. 14-133 added Subsec. (d) re fee for uncertified copy of an original certificate of birth, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provisions re fee for certified copy of certificate of marriage or death as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re deposit of fee in neglected cemetery account; P.A. 15-242 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re deposit of fee for certificate of death into neglected cemetery account, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 22-58 added Subsec. (e) re Internet web site payments to registrar of vital statistics, effective May 23, 2022.