Vital Registration

V.S.A. tit. 32, ch. 17, subch. 9

in effect

32 V.S.A. § 1711 County clerks

1711. County clerks County clerks shall receive the same fees as town clerks in the matter of vital registrations.

32 V.S.A. § 1712 Town clerks

1712. Town clerks Town clerks shall receive the following fees for issuing marriage licenses and vital event certificates: (1) For issuing and recording a civil marriage license, $80.00 to be paid by the applicant, $15.00 of which sum shall be retained by the town clerk as a fee, $50.00 of which shall be deposited in the Domestic and Sexual Violence Special Fund created by 13 V.S.A. § 5360, 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 the town clerk during the quarter. Such quarterly period shall be as of the first day of January, April, July, and October. (2)-(4) [Repealed.] (5) Fees for vital event certificates shall be charged as specified in 18 V.S.A. § 5017. 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; 2009, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. May 6, 2010; 2011, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § E.220.3; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 35; 2017, No. 46, § 61, eff. July 1, 2019; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 186; 2023, No. 19, § 4, eff. July 1, 2023.

32 V.S.A. § 1714 Burial certificates

1714. Burial certificates Persons issuing certificates giving permission to bury a dead body shall receive $5.00 for each permit to be paid by the applicant. Persons issuing certificates giving permission to entomb or move a dead body that has already been issued a certificate giving permission to bury shall receive $1.00 to be paid by the applicant. Amended 1963, No. 102, § 7, eff. May 22, 1963; 1999, No. 49, § 225.

32 V.S.A. § 1715 Vital records search; copies search

1715. Vital records search; copies search (a) Upon payment of the fee established under 18 V.S.A. § 5017, the Office of Vital Records or the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration shall provide a certified copy of a vital event certificate, or shall ascertain and certify what the vital event certificate shows, except that the word “illegitimate” shall be redacted from any birth certificate furnished. The fee for the search of the vital records is $3.00, which is credited toward the fee for the first certified copy based upon the search. (b) Fees collected under this section shall be credited to special funds established and managed pursuant to chapter 7, subchapter 5 of this title, and shall be available to the charging departments to offset the costs of providing those services. Added 1967, No. 278 (Adj. Sess.), § 26; amended 1975, No. 8, § 2; 1979, No. 56, § 11; 1975, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 1985, No. 224 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(c)(2), eff. May 6, 1996; 1997, No. 59, § 8, eff. June 30, 1997; 2001, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 63, eff. June 21, 2002; 2003, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 9a; 2007, No. 76, § 21; 2007, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; 2011, No. 3, § 93, eff. Feb. 17, 2011; 2017, No. 46, § 62, eff. July 1, 2019.

Source: Vermont General Assembly (legislature.vermont.gov)URL: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/32/017Fetched: 10/21/2026