§ 2-2. Registration of vital statistics, fees for records.

(a)

Generally. The registrar of vital statistics shall keep the records of his office in the public health building of the city. Any person(s) submitting a birth, death or fetal death certificate for filing shall submit two (2) copies of each certificate, one of which must be an original.

(b)

Fee for records other than death certificates. Except in the case of certified copies of death certificates, the registrar shall issue to a properly qualified applicant a certified copy of any records within registrar's keeping upon payment of a fee prescribed in accordance with applicable state law.

(c)

Fees for death certificates. The registrar shall issue to a properly qualified applicant a certified copy of any certificate of death within the registrar's keeping upon payment of a fee prescribed in accordance with applicable state law. Additional copies of the same death certificate may be provided to the applicant upon payment of a fee of four dollars ($4.00) for each additional copy issued, providing that application for the additional copy is made on the same date and on the same application as the first certificate.

(d)

Fees for vital records search. The registrar may, upon request from a properly qualified applicant, search his/her vital records in response to requests for specific information. A search fee of eleven dollars ($11.00) will be charged for each vital record searched. Records search will be provided at no cost to departments of the city for official business purposes. Record search will be provided at no cost to departments of the county for official business purposes so long as the county maintains joint public health department with the city.

(e)

Certified copies used in claims re military service. The registrar shall issue free of cost to any veteran, his widow, orphan, or other dependents, a certified copy of any record not otherwise prohibited by law when such record is to be used in the settlement of a claim against the government growing out of a military service.

(f)

Disposition of fees. All fees collected by the registrar shall be delivered daily to the tax collector with such statement as may be required by the director of finance.

(g)

When state birth and death records are not available locally, the vital statistics registrar may electronically access certified copies of birth and death records from the vital statistics registrar for the state and provide said documents for sale to qualified applicants upon receipt of the fees established in subsections (b) and (c) and any additional fees or surcharges assessed by the state for access to said documents.

(h)

Certified mail fees. A shipping and handling fee for standard certified mail with receipt requested is established at twelve dollars ($12.00) to recover the costs to mail vital records via certified mail.

(Code 1950, §§ 10-12, 10-13; Ord. No. 20850, § 1, 12-30-54; Ord. No. 24031, § 1, 11-28-56; Ord. No. 26973, § 1, 10-2-58; Code 1959, § 9-1; Ord. No. 27244, § 1, 1-15-59; Ord. No. 29784, § 1, 8-23-61; Ord. No. 40370, § 1, 2-10-72; Ord. No. 48805, § 1, 12-9-77; Ord. No. 51049, § 1, 7-26-79; Ord. No. 54529, § 1, 11-12-81; Ord. No. 65548, §§ 1—3, 8-20-87; Ord. No. 67911, § 1, 9-15-88; Ord. No. 70031, § 1, 8-17-89; Ord. No. 74294, § 1, 9-12-91; Ord. No. 98187, §§ 2, 3, 9-18-03; Ord. No. 99735, §§ 1, 2, 9-16-04; Ord. No. 101405, §§ 1, 2, 9-15-05; Ord. No. 2015-09-10-0758 , § 2(Att. B), 9-10-15)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2015-09-10-0758 , § 2(Att. B), adopted September 10, 2015, did not specify manner of inclusion; hence, inclusion as subsection (h) is at the discretion of the editor.