Section 103525.5 Of Chapter 14. Certified Copy And Verification Of Records From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 102. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 14.
103525.5
. (a) (1) Until January 1, 2006, in addition to the fees
prescribed by Sections 103625 and 103626, an applicant for a
certified copy of a birth or death record shall pay an additional fee
of two dollars ($2). Commencing January 1, 2006, this fee shall be
reduced to one dollar ($1).
(2) Commencing January 1, 2010, in addition to the fees prescribed
by Sections 103625 and 103626, an applicant for a certified copy of
a marriage record shall pay an additional fee of one dollar ($1).
(b) Until January 1, 2006, each local registrar or county recorder
collecting the fee pursuant to this section shall transmit one
dollar and sixty-five cents ($1.65) of the fee to the State Registrar
by the 10th day of the month following the month in which the fee
was received. Commencing January 1, 2006, each local registrar or
county recorder collecting the fee pursuant to this section shall
transmit sixty-five cents ($.65) of the fee to the State Registrar by
the 10th day of the month in which the fee was received. These
funds, and fees collected by the State Registrar pursuant to this
section, shall be used by the State Registrar, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, to develop safety and security measures to protect
against fraudulent use of birth, death, and marriage records,
including, but not limited to, computerizing records, redacting and
removing signatures as required by law, and electronically
distributing redacted records to local registrars and county
recorders for their use in complying with Sections 103526 and
103526.5.
(c) Thirty-five cents ($0.35) of the fee specified in subdivision
(a) shall be retained by the public official charged with the
collection of the fee to defray the costs of the additional security
features required by Sections 103526 and 103526.5.
(d) The entire amount of the fee collected pursuant to subdivision
(a) by the State Registrar shall be retained and used by the State
Registrar, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purpose
specified in subdivision (b). The entire amount of the fee collected
by the local registrar or county recorder pursuant to subdivision (c)
shall be retained and used by that official for the purpose
specified in subdivision (c).