69.22 Fees.

(1) Except as provided in sub. (6), the state registrar and any local registrar acting under this subchapter shall collect the following fees:

(a) Except as provided under par. (c), $20 for issuing one certified copy of a vital record and $3 for any additional certified copy of the same vital record issued at the same time.

(b) Except as provided under par. (c), $20 for issuing an uncertified copy of a vital record issued under s. 69.21 (2) (a) or (b), $7 for verifying information about the event submitted by a requester without issuance of a copy, and $3 for any additional copy of the same vital record issued at the same time.

(c) Twenty dollars for issuing an uncertified copy of a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record, and $3 for issuing any additional certified or uncertified copy of the same birth record issued at the same time.

(cm) Ten dollars for issuing one certified copy of a birth record resulting in stillbirth and $3 for any additional certified copy of the same record issued at the same time.

(d) In addition to other fees under this subchapter, $20 for expedited service in issuing a vital record.

(1m) The state registrar and any local registrar acting under this subchapter shall, for each copy of a birth record for which a fee under sub. (1) (c) is charged that is issued during a calendar quarter, forward to the secretary of administration for deposit in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and (h) $7 by the 15th day of the first month following the end of the calendar quarter.

(1q) The state registrar and any local registrar acting under this subchapter shall forward to the secretary of administration for deposit in the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (gm) all of the following:

(a) For any certified copy of a vital record for which a fee of $20 under sub. (1) (a) is charged, $13.

(b) For any uncertified copy of a vital record for which a fee of $20 under sub. (1) (b) is charged, $13.

(c) For any copy of a birth certificate for which a fee of $20 under sub. (1) (c) is charged, $8.

(d) For expedited service in issuing a vital record, $10.

(2) The state registrar and any local registrar may charge $7 for a search of vital records if the registrar finds no record. In addition to the $7, a registrar may charge a fee to cover the costs of a search of vital records if the requester provides no identifying information or identifying information which is imprecise or inadequate.

(3) If a local registrar under s. 69.11 (4) or 69.14 (2) (b) 6. completes the proper forms for the applicant and submits the forms and proofs to the office of the state registrar, the state registrar and the register of deeds shall receive equal amounts of the fee received for the action.

(5) The state registrar shall collect the following fees:

(a) Ten dollars for:

1. Making any change under s. 69.11 (4).

2. Making any change ordered by a court under s. 69.12 (3) or 69.15 (4) (a).

3. Making any change in a birth record under s. 69.15 (3).

(b) Twenty dollars for:

1. Any new vital record registered under s. 69.12 (4), 69.14 (2) (b), 69.15 (2), (3m), (4) (b), or (6), 69.16 (2), or 69.19, or any corrected vital record registered under s. 69.13.

2. The filing of a birth record under s. 69.14 (2) (b) 5. The fee under this subdivision includes the search for the birth record and the first copy of the certificate except that the state registrar shall add to the $20 fee, $5.

(c) The state registrar may charge a reasonable fee to adequately cover the cost of specialized data collection and data production for research or administrative data requested under s. 69.20.

(6) The state registrar may charge a reasonable fee for providing searches of vital records and for providing copies of vital records to state agencies for program use. The register of deeds may provide free searches and free copies to agencies in his or her county at the direction of the county board.

History: 1985 a. 315; 1985 a. 332 s. 253; 1987 a. 27; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16, 27; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 191, 210; 2001 a. 16, 106; 2003 a. 33, 300; 2007 a. 20; 2009 a. 28; 2017 a. 334.