2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 41 - Vital Statistics › Title 7 - Vital Statistics Records › 4173 - Records; Transcripts and Certifications by Registrars; Fees.

§  4173.  Records; transcripts and certifications by registrars; fees.
1.  Upon request, a certification of birth or of death  or  a  certified
copy  or certified transcript of a birth or death record shall be issued
by the registrar under regulations prescribed by the commissioner.
2. A certified copy or certified transcript of a birth record shall be
issued only upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction  or  upon  a
specific  request  therefor  by  the person, if eighteen years of age or
more, or by a parent or other lawful representative  of  the  person  to
whom  the record of birth relates including an authorized representative
of the office of children and family services or a local social services
district if the person is  in  the  care  and  custody  or  custody  and
guardianship of such entity.
3.  (a)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  paragraph  (b)  of  this
subdivision, the registrar shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars for
each certification of birth or death  or  for  each  certified  copy  or
certified  transcript  of  any  record of a birth or of a death or for a
certification that a search discloses no record  of  a  birth  or  of  a
death,  furnished  by  him  to an applicant, except that no fee shall be
charged for a search, certification of birth or death or certified  copy
or  certified  transcript  of  a  birth or a death record to be used for
school entrance, employment certificate or for purposes of public relief
or  government  compensation  or   when   required   by   the   veterans
administration  to  be used in determining the eligibility of any person
to  participate  in  the  benefits  made  available  by   the   veterans
administration,  provided,  however,  that  if  such registrar is a city
clerk, town clerk or village clerk, he shall collect such fees  for  and
on  behalf  of  the  city, town or village in which he serves, provided,
however, that an amount equivalent to the sum of such fees shall be paid
at least monthly by such city, town or village to such city clerk,  town
clerk  or village clerk entitled to receive fees as a registrar of vital
statistics.
(b)  Notwithstanding  paragraph  (a)  of  this  subdivision,  in   the
following county jurisdictions the fee shall be set by the county health
commissioner:  Chemung, Monroe, Onondaga, Tompkins; and in the following
local jurisdictions the fee shall be set by the local legislative  body:
city   of   Oswego,   city   of  Albany,  city  of  Jamestown.  In  such
jurisdictions, the fee may be set  up  to  the  amount  charged  by  the
commissioner  as  prescribed  in  subdivision  two  of section forty-one
hundred seventy-four of this title.
4.  All  fees  for  searches,  certification,  certified  copies   and
certified  transcripts collected by a registrar of vital statistics in a
state hospital, charitable or penal institution shall be transmitted  by
him  to  the  executive  department, having jurisdiction, management and
control of such hospital or institution,  to  be  paid  into  the  state
treasury  as  provided  by  section  one hundred twenty-one of the state
finance law.