The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 32 : Taxation and Finance
Chapter 017 : Fees and Costs
Subchapter 009 : VITAL REGISTRATION
(Cite as: 32 V.S.A. § 1712)-
§ 1712. Town clerks [Effective until July 1, 2025]
Town clerks shall receive the following fees for issuing marriage licenses and vital event certificates:
(1) For issuing and recording a civil marriage license, $80.00 to be paid by the applicant, $15.00 of which sum shall be retained by the town clerk as a fee, $50.00 of which shall be deposited in the Domestic and Sexual Violence Special Fund created by 13 V.S.A. § 5360, and $15.00 of which sum shall be paid by the town clerk to the State Treasurer in a return filed quarterly upon forms furnished by the State Treasurer and specifying all fees received by the town clerk during the quarter. Such quarterly period shall be as of the first day of January, April, July, and October.
(2)-(4) [Repealed.]
(5) Fees for vital event certificates shall be charged as specified in 18 V.S.A. § 5017. (Amended 1959, No. 171, §§ 11-14; 1971, No. 84, § 15; 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 19; 1981, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1985, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1993, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 1997, No. 59, § 8a, eff. June 30, 1997; 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 19; 2001, No. 65, § 32c; 2005, No. 202 (Adj. Sess.), § 9a; 2007, No. 76, § 33e, eff. June 7, 2007; 2007, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 21; 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009; 2009, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. May 6, 2010; 2011, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § E.220.3; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 35; 2017, No. 46, § 61, eff. July 1, 2019; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 186; 2023, No. 19, § 4, eff. July 1, 2023; 2023, No. 19, § 5, eff. July 1, 2025.)
