32.1-273 - Fees for certified copies, searches of files, etc.; disposition.
§ 32.1-273. Fees for certified copies, searches of files, etc.; disposition.
A. The Board shall prescribe the fee, not to exceed eight dollars, for acertified copy of a vital record or for a search of the files or records whenno copy is made and may establish a reasonable fee schedule related to itscost for information or other data provided for research, statistical oradministrative purposes. Whenever any veteran or his survivor requires acertified copy of a vital record to obtain service-connected benefits, onecopy of such record shall be provided directly to the Veterans Administrationupon their request. No charge shall be imposed upon a veteran or his survivorfor the submission of vital records directly to the Veterans Administration.
B. Fees collected under this section by the State Registrar shall betransmitted to the Comptroller for deposit. Four dollars of each feecollected by the State Registrar shall be deposited by the Comptroller intothe Vital Statistics Automation Fund established pursuant to § 32.1-273.1 forso long as shall be authorized. Four dollars of each fee shall be credited toa special fund to be appropriated by the General Assembly, as it deemsnecessary, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.When the Vital Statistics Automation System is completed, no further depositsinto the fund shall be made and all fees collected under this section notcredited to the special fund created by this subsection shall be depositedinto the general fund of the state treasury.
C. Fees collected under this section by county and city registrars shall bedeposited in the general fund of the county or city except that counties orcities operating health departments pursuant to the provisions of § 32.1-31shall forward all such fees to the Department for deposit in the cooperativelocal health services fund.
D. Fees assessed against local departments of social services for furnishedcopies of vital records as needed to administer public assistance and socialservices programs, as defined in § 63.2-100, shall be payable on a quarterlybasis.
(Code 1950, § 32-353.28; 1950, p. 484; 1954, c. 429; 1956, c. 412; 1958, c.296; 1960, c. 451; 1978, c. 308; 1979, c. 711; 1981, c. 527; 1983, c. 240;1986, c. 194; 1988, c. 287; 1994, c. 373; 2002, c. 747.)