§ 4999. Definitions As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Issuing agent” means a town clerk or duly authorized representative of the State Registrar who issues certified and noncertified copies of birth and death certificates from the Statewide Registration System. (2) “Licensed health care professional” means a physician, a physician assistant, […]
§ 5000. State Registrar; duties; authority; Statewide Registration System; issuing agents (a) The Commissioner shall designate a member of the Department as the State Registrar. The State Registrar shall head the Office of Vital Records and shall provide consultation to town clerks, hospital personnel, licensed health care professionals, midwives, funeral directors, clergy, probate judges, and […]
§ 5001. Duties of custodians (a) Beginning on January 1, 2010, all certified copies of vital event certificates shall be issued on unique paper with antifraud features approved by the State Registrar and available from the Office of Vital Records. (b) Town custodians of vital event certificates shall ensure that the following are stored in […]
§ 5002. Report of vital statistics; preservation of records; authority to issue The State Registrar shall prepare an annual vital statistics report summarizing reports or returns of births, marriages, deaths, fetal deaths, divorces, annulments, and dissolutions received in the prior calendar year. The State Registrar shall periodically transmit original returns of marriages, divorces, annulments, and […]
§ 5003. Materials for issuing agents The State Registrar shall procure and send to issuing agents materials as may be necessary for the issuance of vital event certificates. (Amended 2017, No. 46, § 6, eff. July 1, 2019.)
§ 5004. Family Division of the Superior Court; divorce and dissolution returns The Family Division of the Superior Court shall send to the State Registrar, before the 10th day of each month, by county, a report of the number of divorces and dissolutions that became absolute during the preceding month, showing as to each the […]
§ 5005. Unorganized towns and gores The county clerk of a county where an unorganized town or gore is situated shall have the authority, perform the duties, and be subject to the penalties prescribed in this part in relation to vital records with respect to residents of the unorganized town or gore. (Amended 1999, No. […]
§ 5006. Vital event information published in town reports Town clerks or auditors may publish in the annual town report nonconfidential information and statistics concerning births, marriages, and deaths of residents during the preceding calendar year. Upon request, the State Registrar shall furnish a town clerk such information and statistics. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. […]
§ 5007. Preservation of records A town clerk shall receive, number, and file for record certificates of marriages and burial-transit permits returned to the clerk. A town clerk shall permanently preserve at the office of the clerk birth and death certificates registered prior to July 1, 2019 and marriage and civil union certificates. (Amended 1969, […]
§ 5008. Town clerk; recording and indexing procedures A town clerk shall file for record and index in volumes all marriage certificates and burial-transit permits received by the town. Each volume or series shall contain an alphabetical index. Civil marriage certificates shall be filed for record in one volume or series, civil union certificates kept […]
§ 5009. Certified copies to town of residence On the first day of each month, the town clerk shall make a certified copy of each original, corrected, or amended civil marriage certificate or amended civil union certificate filed in the clerk’s office during the preceding month, whenever a party to a civil marriage or a […]
§ 5010. Transmittal of marriage certificates The town clerk of each town shall each week transmit to the State Registrar copies, duly certified, of each marriage certificate filed in the town in the preceding week. (Amended 1969, No. 265 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), […]
§ 5011. Penalty (a) A town clerk who fails to transmit copies of marriage certificates as provided in section 5010 of this title shall be fined not more than $100.00. (b) The Commissioner or a hearing officer designated by the Commissioner may, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, impose a civil administrative penalty […]
§ 5012. Town clerk to provide general index; marriages and civil unions Except as provided by 24 V.S.A. § 1153, town and county clerks shall prepare and keep a general index to the marriage and civil union records, in alphabetical order and in the following forms, respectively:
§ 5014. Confidentiality (a)(1) A vital record, or information therein, that by law is designated confidential or by a similar term, that by law may only be disclosed to specifically designated persons, or that by law is not a public record, is exempt from inspection and copying under the Public Records Act and shall be […]
§ 5016. Birth and death certificates; copies; inspection (a) Access and issuance generally. (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection: (A) only the State Registrar and issuing agents may issue certified copies of birth and death certificates registered before July 1, 2019, and such certificates shall only be issued from […]
§ 5017. Fees for copies For a certified copy of a vital event certificate, the fee shall be $10.00. (Added 2017, No. 46, § 18, eff. July 1, 2019.)
