Ohio § 3705.24

§ 3705.24.

(A)(1) The director of health shall, in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code , adopt rules prescribing fees for the following items or services provided by the

state office of vital statistics: (a) Except as provided in division (A)(4) of this section: (i) A certified copy of a vital record or a certification of birth; (ii) A search by the office of vital statistics of its files and records pursuant to a

request for information, regardless of whether a copy of a record is provided; (iii) A copy of a record provided pursuant to a request. (b) Replacement of a birth certificate following an adoption, legitimation, paternity

determination or acknowledgement, or court order; (c) Filing of a delayed registration of a vital record; (d) Amendment of a vital record that is requested later than one year after the filing

date of the vital record; (e) Any other documents or services for which the director considers the charging of

a fee appropriate. (2) Fees prescribed under division (A)(1)(a) of this section shall not be less than twelve

dollars. (3) Fees prescribed under division (A)(1) of this section shall be collected in addition

to any fees required by sections 3109.14 and 3705.242 of the Revised Code . (4) Fees prescribed under division (A) of this section shall not apply to certifications

issued under division (H) of this section or copies provided under section 3705.241 of the Revised Code . (B) In addition to the fees prescribed under division (A) of this section or section 3709.09 of the Revised Code , the office of vital statistics, the board of health of a city or general health

district, or a local registrar of vital statistics who is not a salaried employee

of a city or general health district shall charge a five-dollar fee for each certified

copy of a vital record and each certification of birth.  This fee shall be deposited in the general operations fund created under section 3701.83 of the Revised Code and be used to support the operations, the modernization, and the automation of the

vital records program in this state.  A board of health or a local registrar shall forward all fees collected under this

division to the department of health not later than thirty days after the end of each

calendar quarter. (C) Except as otherwise provided in division (H) of this section, and except as provided

in section 3705.241 of the Revised Code , fees collected by the director of health under sections 3705.01 to 3705.29 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund

created by section 3701.83 of the Revised Code .  Except as provided in division (B) or (I) of this section, money generated by the

fees shall be used only for administration and enforcement of this chapter and the

rules adopted under it.  Amounts submitted to the department of health for copies of vital records or services

in excess of the fees imposed by this section shall be dealt with as follows: (1) An overpayment of two dollars or less shall be retained by the department and deposited

in the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created by section 3701.83 of the Revised Code . (2) An overpayment in excess of two dollars shall be returned to the person who made

the overpayment. (D) If a local registrar is a salaried employee of a city or a general health district,

any fees the local registrar receives pursuant to section 3705.23 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the general fund of the city or the health fund of the general

health district. Each local registrar of vital statistics, or each health district where the local

registrar is a salaried employee of the district, shall be entitled to a fee for each

birth, fetal death, death, or military service certificate properly and completely

made out and registered with the local registrar or district and correctly copied

and forwarded to the office of vital statistics in accordance with the population

of the primary registration district at the last federal census.  The fee for each birth, fetal death, death, or military service certificate shall

be: (1) In primary registration districts of over two hundred fifty thousand, twenty cents; (2) In primary registration districts of over one hundred twenty-five thousand and less

than two hundred fifty thousand, sixty cents; (3) In primary registration districts of over fifty thousand and less than one hundred

twenty-five thousand, eighty cents; (4) In primary registration districts of less than fifty thousand, one dollar. (E) The director of health shall annually certify to the county treasurers of the several

counties the number of birth, fetal death, death, and military service certificates

registered from their respective counties with the names of the local registrars and

the amounts due each registrar and health district at the rates fixed in this section.  Such amounts shall be paid by the treasurer of the county in which the registration

districts are located.  No fees shall be charged or collected by registrars except as provided by this chapter

and section 3109.14 of the Revised Code . (F) A probate judge shall be paid a fee of fifteen cents for each certified abstract

of marriage prepared and forwarded by the probate judge to the department of health

pursuant to section 3705.21 of the Revised Code .  The fee shall be in addition to the fee paid for a marriage license and shall be

paid by the applicants for the license. (G) The clerk of a court of common pleas shall be paid a fee of one dollar for each certificate

of divorce, dissolution, and annulment of marriage prepared and forwarded by the clerk

to the department pursuant to section 3705.21 of the Revised Code .  The fee for the certified abstract of divorce, dissolution, or annulment of marriage

shall be added to the court costs allowed in these cases. (H) The fee for an heirloom certification of birth issued pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 3705.23 of the Revised Code shall be an amount prescribed by rule by the director of health plus any fee required

by section 3109.14 of the Revised Code .  In setting the amount of the fee, the director shall establish a surcharge in addition

to an amount necessary to offset the expense of processing heirloom certifications

of birth.  The fee prescribed by the director of health pursuant to this division shall be

deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the heirloom certification of birth

fund which is hereby created.  Money credited to the fund shall be used by the office of vital statistics to offset

the expense of processing heirloom certifications of birth.  However, the money collected for the surcharge, subject to the approval of the controlling

board, shall be used for the purposes specified by the family and children first council

pursuant to section 121.37 of the Revised Code . (I)(1) Four dollars of each fee collected by the board of health of a city or general health

district for a certified copy of a vital record or a certification of birth shall

be transferred to the office of vital statistics not later than thirty days after

the end of each calendar quarter.  The amount collected shall be used to support public health systems.  Of each four dollars collected, one dollar shall be used by the director of health

to pay subsidies to boards of health.  The subsidies shall be distributed in accordance with the same formula established

under section 3701.342 of the Revised Code for the distribution of state health district subsidy funds to boards of health and

local health departments. (2) Four dollars of each fee collected by a local registrar of vital statistics who is

not a salaried employee of a city or general health district, for a certified copy

of a vital record or certification of birth, shall be transferred to the office of

vital statistics not later than thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter.  The amount collected shall be used to support public health systems.