2021 Georgia Code
Title 31 - Health
Chapter 10 - Vital Records
§ 31-10-27. Fees for Copies or Services
- The department shall prescribe uniform fees to be paid to the State Office of Vital Records, local registrars, and local custodians for certified copies of certificates or records, for a search of the files or records, for copies or information provided for research, statistical, or administrative purposes, or for other services. The fee for each search or service, certified copy, or record shall be determined by the board.
- Fees collected by the department under this Code section shall be deposited in the general funds of the state.
- Fees for copies or searches by local custodians of vital records shall be retained by them whether the local custodian is paid on a fee basis, a salary basis, or a combination of both, except in counties where the local custodian of vital records is an employee of the county board of health, in which case said fees shall be remitted monthly to the county health department.
(Ga. L. 1945, p. 236, §§ 21, 22; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 140, § 11; Code 1933, § 88-1725, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 541, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1727, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-15; Code 1981, §31-10-27, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 477, § 10.)
Cross references.- Providing of marital, birth, divorce, or death records free of charge to veterans, Veterans' Administration, and others, § 38-1-1.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Sole exception for employees of the county board of health from the general rule that local custodians shall keep their fees clearly infers that the General Assembly meant to include other custodians in the general rule, notwithstanding any other offices the employees might have held. Porter v. Calhoun County, 250 Ga. 566, 300 S.E.2d 143 (1983).
Fees paid to custodian of vital records.
- One who is both the probate judge and custodian of vital records of a county is entitled to keep fees paid to the person as custodian of vital records and the county is not entitled to such fees. Porter v. Calhoun County, 250 Ga. 566, 300 S.E.2d 143 (1983).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Fees for acting passport agents.
- Salaried clerks of superior court may retain execution fees for acting as passport agents. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U83-24.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Records and Recording Laws, §§ 20, 59.
C.J.S.- 76 C.J.S., Records, §§ 81, 144.
