§ 1712 - Town clerks - Vermont Statutes

§ 1712. Town clerks

Town clerks shall receive the following fees in the matter of vital registration:

(1) For issuing and recording a civil marriage or civil union license, $45.00 to be paid by the applicant, $10.00 of which sum shall be retained by the town clerk as a fee, $20.00 of which shall be deposited in the victims' compensation special fund, and $15.00 of which sum shall be paid by the town clerk to the state treasurer in a return filed quarterly upon forms furnished by the state treasurer and specifying all fees received by him or her during the quarter. Such quarterly period shall be as of the first day of January, April, July, and October.

(2) $1.00 for other copies made under the provisions of section 5009 of Title 18 to be paid by the town.

(3) $2.00 for each birth certificate completed or corrected under the provisions of sections 449 and 816 of Title 15 and sections 5073, 5075-5078 of Title 18, for the correction of each civil marriage certificate under the provisions of section 816 of Title 15, and section 5150 of Title 18, for the correction or completion of each civil union certificate under the provisions of section 5168 of Title 18, and for each death certificate corrected under the provisions of section 5202a of Title 18, to be paid by the town.

(4) $1.00 for each certificate of facts relating to births, deaths, civil unions and marriages, transmitted to the commissioner of health in accordance with the provisions of section 5010 of Title 18. Such sum, together with the cost of binding the certificate shall be paid by the town.

(5) Fees for vital records shall be equivalent to those received by the commissioner of health or the commissioner of buildings and general services pursuant to subsection 1715(a) of this title. (Amended 1959, No. 171, §§ 11-14; 1971, No. 84, § 15; 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 19; 1981, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1985, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1993, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 1997, No. 59, § 8a, eff. June 30, 1997; 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 19; 2001, No. 65, § 32c; 2005, No. 202 (Adj. Sess.), § 9a; 2007, No. 76, § 33e, eff. June 7, 2007; 2007, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 21; 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)