Senate Bill No. 417

Senate Bill No. 417-Committee on Finance

CHAPTER

259

AN ACT relating to vital statistics; revising the provisions governing the fees for services and copies of records concerning vital statistics; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved July 3, 1997]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 440.700 is hereby amended to read as follows:
440.700 1. The state registrar shall charge and collect the following fees:

For searching the files for one name, if no copy is made [$4] $8

For verifying a vital record [4] 8

For establishing and filing a record of paternity (other than a hospital-based paternity), and providing a certified copy of the new record 20

For a certified copy of a record of birth 11

For a certified copy of a record of death 8

For correcting a record on file with the state registrar and providing a certified copy of the corrected record [13] 20

For replacing a record on file with the state registrar and providing a certified copy of the new record [13] 20

For filing a delayed certificate of birth and providing a certified copy of the certificate [13] 20

For the services of a notary public, provided by the state registrar [1] 2

For an index of records of marriage [certificates] provided on microfiche to a person other than a county recorder of a county of this state 200

For an index of records of divorce [certificates] provided on microfiche to a person other than a county recorder of a county in this state 100

For compiling data files which require specific changes in computer programming 200

2. The fee collected for furnishing a copy of a certificate of birth or death must include the sum of $3 for credit to the children's trust account.
3. Upon the request of any parent or guardian, the state registrar shall supply, without the payment of a fee, a certificate limited to a statement as to the date of birth of any child as disclosed by the record of such birth when the certificate is necessary for admission to school or for securing employment.
4. The United States Bureau of the Census may obtain, without expense to the state, transcripts or certified copies of births and deaths without payment of a fee.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.
________