Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-74
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Sec. 7-74. Fees for certification of birth registration, certified copy of vital statistics certificate and uncertified copy of original certificate of birth. Waiver of fee for certificate of death for a veteran.
Official statutory text
(b) (1) The fee for a certified copy of a certificate of marriage or death shall be twenty dollars. Such fees shall not be required of the department.
(2) Any fee received by the Department of Public Health for a certificate of death shall be deposited in the neglected cemetery account, established in accordance with section 19a-308b .
(c) The fee for one certified copy of a certificate of death for any deceased person who was a veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103 , shall be waived when such copy is requested by a spouse, child or parent of such deceased veteran.
(d) The fee for an uncertified copy of an original certificate of birth issued pursuant to section 7-53 shall be sixty-five dollars.
(e) Any registrar of vital statistics who receives payment pursuant to this section may permit such payment to be made on an Internet web site designated by the registrar, in a manner prescribed by the registrar, as approved by the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee.
(2) Any fee received by the Department of Public Health for a certificate of death shall be deposited in the neglected cemetery account, established in accordance with section 19a-308b .
(c) The fee for one certified copy of a certificate of death for any deceased person who was a veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103 , shall be waived when such copy is requested by a spouse, child or parent of such deceased veteran.
(d) The fee for an uncertified copy of an original certificate of birth issued pursuant to section 7-53 shall be sixty-five dollars.
(e) Any registrar of vital statistics who receives payment pursuant to this section may permit such payment to be made on an Internet web site designated by the registrar, in a manner prescribed by the registrar, as approved by the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee.
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