C.R.S. Section 25-2-117
Certified copies furnished

  • fee

(1)

Vital statistics records shall be treated as confidential, but the department of public health and environment shall, upon request, furnish to any applicant having a direct and tangible interest in a vital statistics record a certified copy of any record registered under the provisions of this article. Any copy of the record of a birth or death, when properly certified by the state registrar or as otherwise directed by the state registrar to be a true copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated.

(2)

An applicant shall pay fees established pursuant to section 25-2-121 for each of the following services:

(a)

The reproduction and certification of birth or death records; except that an applicant shall not pay a fee:

(I)

For the provision of a certified copy of such a record to:

(A)

Another state agency;

(B)

A county department of human or social services; or

(C)

An individual presenting a letter of referral from a county department of human or social services; or

(II)

If the applicant is a delegate child support enforcement unit acting pursuant to article 13 of title 26, C.R.S.;

(b)

Any search of the files and records of the state registrar when no certified copy is made, such fee to pertain to each hour or fractional hour of time of the search;

(c)

The processing of new certificates, delayed certificates, or corrected certificates;

(d)

The verification of marriage or divorce;

(e)

The reproduction of various vital statistics, publications, reports, and data services; and

(f)

The verification of a civil union or dissolution of a civil union.

(3)

To preserve vital statistics records, the state registrar is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of certificates or reports. When certified by the state registrar, such reproductions shall be accepted as the original records. The documents from which permanent reproductions have been made and verified may be disposed of as provided by regulation.

Source: Section 25-2-117 — Certified copies furnished - fee, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-25.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

25‑2‑101
Short title 25‑2‑102
Definitions 25‑2‑103
Centralized registration system for all vital statistics - office of state registrar of vital statistics created - appointment of registrar - rules 25‑2‑104
Registration of vital statistics 25‑2‑105
Vital statistics, reports, and certificates - forms and information to be included 25‑2‑106
Reports of marriage 25‑2‑106.5
Reports of civil unions 25‑2‑107
Reports of adoption, dissolution of marriage, parentage, and other court proceedings affecting vital statistics - tax on court action affecting vital statistics 25‑2‑107.5
Reports of dissolution of civil unions, legal separation of civil unions, or declarations of invalidity of civil unions - fee 25‑2‑110
Certificates of death 25‑2‑110.5
Fetal deaths - treatment of remains 25‑2‑111
Dead bodies - disposition - removal from state - records 25‑2‑111.5
Transfer of fetal tissue from induced termination of pregnancy - legislative declaration 25‑2‑112
Certificates of birth - filing - establishment of parentage - notice to collegeinvest 25‑2‑112.3
Certificates of stillbirth - filing - delayed registration - rules 25‑2‑112.5
Social security account numbers - acknowledgments of paternity - to be furnished 25‑2‑112.7
Crime of misrepresentation of material information in the preparation of a birth certificate - definitions 25‑2‑113
New certificates of birth following adoption - parentage determination 25‑2‑113.5
Limited access to information upon consent of all parties - voluntary adoption registry - definitions 25‑2‑113.8
Birth certificate modernization act - new birth certificate following a change in gender designation - short title - definition 25‑2‑114
Delayed registration of births and deaths 25‑2‑115
Alteration of reports and certificates - amended reports and certificates 25‑2‑116
Institutions to keep records - persons to furnish information 25‑2‑117
Certified copies furnished - fee 25‑2‑118
Penalties 25‑2‑120
Reports of electroconvulsive treatment 25‑2‑121
Fee adjustments - vital statistics records cash fund created 25‑2‑122
Heirloom birth and marriage certificates - funds created - report - rules - definitions
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 25-2-117’s source at colorado​.gov