A8214 — Provides for a window of eighteen months for people to receive certain vital records without paying a fee

Summary

Provides for a window of eighteen months for people to receive birth, death, marriage, and dissolution of marriage records without paying a fee.

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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the New York Consolidated Laws: Section 4173 of the public health law.

• Section 4173 of the public health law

  (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivi- sion, the registrar shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars for each certification of birth or death or for each certified copy or certified transcript of any record of a birth or of a death or for a certification that a search discloses no record of a birth or of a death, furnished by him to an applicant, except that no fee shall be charged for a search, certification of birth or death or certified copy or certified tran- script of a birth or a death record to be used for school entrance, employment certificate or for purposes of public relief or government compensation or when required by the veterans administration to be used in determining the eligibility of any person to participate in the bene- fits made available by the veterans administration, provided, however, that if such registrar is a city clerk, town clerk or village clerk, he shall collect such fees for and on behalf of the city, town or village in which he serves, provided, however, that an amount equivalent to the sum of such fees shall be paid at least monthly by such city, town or village to such city clerk, town clerk or village clerk entitled to receive fees as a registrar of vital statistics. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subdivision, in the follow- ing county jurisdictions the fee shall be set by the county health commissioner: Chemung, Monroe, Onondaga, Tompkins; and in the following local jurisdictions the fee shall be set by the local legislative body: city of Oswego, city of Albany, city of Jamestown. In such jurisdic- tions, the fee may be set up to the amount charged by the commissioner as prescribed in subdivision two of section forty-one hundred seventy- four of this title. a of thir- ty dollars in payment for the search of the files and records and the furnishing of a certification, certified copy or certified transcript if such record is found or for a certification that a search discloses no record of a birth or of a death a of thirty dollars a of thirty dollars him he is him a of twenty dollars for each hour or frac- tional part of an hour of time of search, together with a fee of two dollars , said fees to be paid by the applicant Each a of thirty dollars in payment → italics The registrar shall not be entitled to any fee for any certification of birth or death or for any certified copy or certi- fied transcript of any record of a birth or of a death or for any certification that a search discloses no record of a birth or of a death, furnished by the registrar to an applicant. not be required to any not any not any them they are them not any time spent searching or for No any

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Action History

1. January 07, 2026

   REFERRED TO HEALTH

2. May 05, 2025

   REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sponsors

• Nader Sayegh · Primary

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