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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)
  • [Section 1712 effective until July 1, 2025; see also section 1712 effective July 1, 2025 set out below.]

    § 1712. Town clerks

    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    (2)-(4) [Repealed.]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.)

  • [Section 1712 effective July 1, 2025; see also section 1712 effective until July 1, 2025 set out above.]

    § 1712. Town clerks

    Town clerks shall receive the following fees for issuing marriage licenses and vital event certificates:

    (1) For issuing and recording a civil marriage license, $60.00 to be paid by the applicant, $10.00 of which sum shall be retained by the town clerk as a fee, $35.00 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.)