1998 Minnesota Statutes

     144.226 Fees. 

    Subdivision 1.    Which services are for fee.  The fees 
 for the following services shall be the following or an amount 
 prescribed by rule of the commissioner: 

    (a) The fee for the issuance of a certified copy or 
 certification of a vital record, or a certification that the 
 record cannot be found is $8.  No fee shall be charged for a 
 certified birth or death record that is reissued within one year 
 of the original issue, if the previously issued record is 
 surrendered. 

    (b) The fee for the replacement of a birth record for all 
 events except adoption is $20. 

    (c) The fee for the filing of a delayed registration of 
 birth or death is $20. 

    (d) The fee for the amendment of any vital record when 
 requested more than one year after the filing of the record is 
 $20.  No fee shall be charged for an amendment requested within 
 one year after the filing of the certificate. 

    (e) The fee for the verification of information from vital 
 records is $8 when the applicant furnishes the specific 
 information to locate the record.  When the applicant does not 
 furnish specific information, the fee is $20 per hour for staff 
 time expended.  Specific information shall include the correct 
 date of the event and the correct name of the registrant.  Fees 
 charged shall approximate the costs incurred in searching and 
 copying the records.  The fee shall be payable at time of 
 application. 

    (f) The fee for issuance of a certified or noncertified 
 copy of any document on file pertaining to a vital record or a 
 certification that the record cannot be found is $8. 

    Subd. 2.    Fees to state government special revenue fund. 
  Fees collected under this section by the state registrar 
 shall be deposited to the state government special revenue fund. 

    Subd. 3.    Birth certificate copy surcharge.  In 
 addition to any fee prescribed under subdivision 1, there shall 
 be a surcharge of $3 for each certified copy of a birth 
 certificate, and for a certification that the record cannot be 
 found.  The local or state registrar shall forward this amount 
 to the commissioner of finance for deposit into the account for 
 the children's trust fund for the prevention of child abuse 
 established under section 119A.12.  This surcharge shall not be 
 charged under those circumstances in which no fee for a 
 certified copy of a birth certificate is permitted under 
 subdivision 1, paragraph (a).  Upon certification by the 
 commissioner of finance that the assets in that fund exceed 
 $20,000,000, this surcharge shall be discontinued. 

    Subd. 4.    Vital records surcharge.  In addition to any 
 fee prescribed under subdivision 1, there is a nonrefundable 
 surcharge of $3 for each certified and noncertified birth or 
 death record, and for a certification that the record cannot be 
 found.  The local or state registrar shall forward this amount 
 to the state treasurer to be deposited into the state government 
 special revenue fund.  This surcharge shall not be charged under 
 those circumstances in which no fee for a birth or death record 
 is permitted under subdivision 1, paragraph (a).  This surcharge 
 requirement expires June 30, 2002. 

    HIST: 1977 c 305 s 45; 1978 c 699 s 15; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 
 1986 c 423 s 8; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 358 s 108; 1991 c 292 art 8 s 
 25; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 20; 1995 c 207 art 9 s 5; 1997 c 203 art 
 2 s 12,13; 1998 c 406 art 1 s 2,3,37; 1998 c 407 art 9 s 2,3