The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 1164)
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§ 1164. Certified copies; form
(a) A town clerk shall furnish certified copies of any instrument on record in his or
her office, or any instrument or paper filed in his or her office pursuant to law,
on the tender of fees therefor, and his or her attestation shall be a sufficient authentication
of the copies, except that the town clerk shall redact the word “illegitimate” from
any copy of a birth certificate he or she furnishes.
(b) A town clerk shall furnish a certified copy of a vital event certificate only if authorized
and as prescribed under 18 V.S.A. chapter 101. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March, 1, 1961; 1975, No. 8, § 1; 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2017, No. 46, § 60, eff. July 1, 2019.)