A. The fee for each search of a vital record to produce a certified copy of a birth certificate shall be ten dollars ($10.00) and shall include one certified copy of the record, if available.

B. The fee for the establishment of a delayed record or for the revision or amendment of a vital record, as a result of an adoption, a legitimation, a correction or other court-ordered change to a vital record, shall be ten dollars ($10.00). The fee shall include one certified copy of the delayed record.

C. The fee for each search of a vital record to produce a copy of a report of spontaneous fetal death or a certificate of still birth shall be five dollars ($5.00) and shall include one certified copy of the record of fetal death, if available.

D. The fee for each search of a vital record to produce a certified copy of a death certificate shall be five dollars ($5.00) and shall include one certified copy of the record, if available.

E. Revenue from the fees imposed in this section shall be distributed as follows:

(1) an amount equal to three-fifths of the revenue from the fee imposed by Subsection A of this section, an amount equal to one-half of the revenue from the fee imposed by Subsection B of this section and an amount equal to one-fifth of the revenue from the fee imposed by Subsection D of this section shall be distributed to the day-care fund; and

(2) the remainder of the revenue from the fees imposed by Subsections A, B, C and D of this section shall be deposited in the state general fund.

History: 1953 Comp., § 12-4-49, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 44, § 27; 1973, ch. 264, § 12; 1981, ch. 309, § 23; 1987, ch. 62, § 1; 1988, ch. 114, § 1; 2013, ch. 183, § 3.

Cross references. — For day-care fund, see 24-14-29.1 NMSA 1978.

For state general fund, see 6-4-2 NMSA 1978.

The 2013 amendment, effective January 1, 2014, provided for a fee for searches of vital records for reports of spontaneous fetal deaths; and added Subsection C.

County clerks may not issue certified copies of death certificates simply to allow someone the chance to avoid the higher fees charged for the issuance of such certificates by the vital statistics bureau. 1988 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 88-01.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 66 Am. Jur. 2d Records and Recording Laws §§ 13, 14.

76 C.J.S. Records § 60 et seq.