§ 16-37-1-9 — Registration certificate charges

Indiana § 16-37-1-9

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 37: VITAL STATISTICS
• Ch. 1: General Provisions

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(a) A local health department may make a
charge under IC 16-20-1-27 for each certificate of birth, death, or
stillbirth registration. IC 5-14-3-8(d) does not apply to the health
department making a charge for a certificate of birth, death, or stillbirth
registration under IC 16-20-1-27.
(b) If the local department of health makes a charge for a certificate
of death under subsection (a), the coroners continuing education fee
described in subsection (e) must be added to the rate established under
IC 16-20-1-27. The local department of health shall deposit any
coroners continuing education fees with the county auditor within thirty
(30) days after collection. The county auditor shall transfer
semiannually any coroners continuing education fees to the treasurer
of state.
(c) Notwithstanding IC 16-20-1-27, a charge may not be made for
furnishing a certificate of birth, death, or stillbirth registration to a
person or to a member of the family of a person who needs the
certificate for one (1) of the following purposes:
(1) To establish the person's age or the dependency of a member
of the person's family in connection with:
(A) the person's service in the armed forces of the United
States; or
(B) a death pension or disability pension of a person who is
serving or has served in the armed forces of the United States.
(2) To establish or to verify the age of a child in school who
desires to secure a work permit.
(d) Notwithstanding IC 16-20-1-27, a charge may not be made for
furnishing a certificate of birth to an individual who represents,
pursuant to IC 31-36-3-4(b), a homeless youth (as defined in IC 31-36-3-4) and presents a fee and consent waiver affidavit described
in IC 31-36-3-4(c).
(e) The coroners continuing education fee is:
(1) one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) after June 30, 2007,
and before July 1, 2013;
(2) two dollars ($2) after June 30, 2013, and before July 1, 2018;
(3) two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) after June 30, 2018,
and before July 1, 2023;
(4) two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) after June 30, 2023, and
before July 1, 2028;
(5) two dollars and seventy-five cents ($2.75) after June 30, 2028,
and before July 1, 2033;
(6) three dollars ($3) after June 30, 2033, and before July 1, 2038;
(7) three dollars and twenty-five cents ($3.25) after June 30,
2038, and before July 1, 2043; and
(8) three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) after June 30, 2043.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-1-16-18(b);
16-1-19-2.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.36-1993, SEC.2; P.L.215-2007, SEC.3; P.L.225-2007, SEC.2; P.L.3-2008, SEC.110; P.L.155-2019, SEC.5.