44:09:06:02.  Fee for search, verification, or certified copy of vital records. The fees for any copy of a birth, death, fetal death, marriage, or divorce record filed by the system of vital registration are as follows:

          (1)  Birth record - each informational or certified copy, verification, or certified statement that a record is not filed, $13;

          (2)  Death or fetal death record - each informational or certified copy, verification, or certified statement that a record is not filed, $15;

          (3)  Marriage record - each informational or certified copy, verification, or certified statement that a record is not filed, $15;

          (4)  Divorce record - each informational or certified copy, verification, or certified statement that a record is not filed, $15.

          Any copy of any vital record issued from the system of vital registration may only be issued in the form of a certified or informational copy except if a copy is being issued under SDCL 34-25-52.1. A copy issued pursuant to that section shall be stamped for "Administrative Use Only."

          Source: 7 SDR 9, effective August 11, 1980; 10 SDR 144, effective July 1, 1984; 21 SDR 71, effective October 16, 1994; 26 SDR 89, effective January 9, 2000; 31 SDR 213, effective July 4, 2005; 35 SDR 183, effective February 2, 2009.

          General Authority: SDCL 34-25-52.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 34-25-52, 34-25-52.1.

          Cross-References: Fees of register of deeds enumerated, SDCL 7-9-15; Additional fee charged for copy of birth record -- Disposition, SDCL 34-25-52.2.