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Volume 41 - Issue 24 - June 16, 2022

State of Kansas

Department of Health and Environment

Permanent Administrative Regulations

Article 17.—DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS

28-17-6. Fees for copies, abstracts, and searches. (a) The fees for making and certifying copies or abstracts of birth, death, stillbirth, marriage, and divorce certificates shall be $20.00 for the first copy or abstract and $20.00 for each additional copy or abstract of the same record requested at the same time.

(b) The fee for any search or verification of the files and records for birth, death, stillbirth, marriage, or divorce certificates if no certified copy or abstract is made shall be $20.00 for each five-year period for which a search is requested or for each fractional part of a five-year period.

(c) The fee for any search of the files necessary for preparing an amendment to a birth, death, stillbirth, marriage, or divorce certificate or abstract shall be $20.00.

(d) The fees for non-certified copies or abstracts of certificates or parts of certificates requested for statistical research purposes shall be the following:

(1) $15.00 for each copy of a birth, death, marriage, divorce, or stillbirth certificate, if the state certificate number is provided; and

(2) $20.00 for each copy of a birth, death, marriage, divorce, or stillbirth certificate, if the state certificate number is not provided.

(e) The fee for each certified copy of an heirloom certificate shall be $40.00.

(f) The fee for each copy of any supporting documentation that was used to place a certificate on file shall be $20.00. If the supporting documentation is more than five pages, an additional $.10 for each page shall be charged. (Authorized by K.S.A. 65-2418; implementing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 23-2512 and K.S.A. 65-2417, 65-2418, and 65-2422d; effective Jan. 1, 1966; amended Jan. 1, 1968; amended, E-78-18, July 7, 1977; amended May 1, 1978; amended May 1, 1983; amended, T-84-13, July 1, 1983; amended May 1, 1984; amended May 1, 1988; amended Oct. 7, 1991; amended, T-28-9-25-92, Sept. 25, 1992; amended Nov. 16, 1992; amended Aug. 16, 1993; amended, T-28-7-2-01, July 2, 2001; amended Oct. 12, 2001; amended, T-28-6-27-02, July 1, 2002; amended Oct. 18, 2002; amended, T-28-7-1-03, July 1, 2003; amended Oct. 17, 2003; amended, T-28-11-5-04, Nov. 5, 2004; amended Feb. 25, 2005; amended Jan. 15, 2010; amended July 1, 2022.)

28-17-12. Delayed certificate of birth or foreign-born certificate; filing fee. Each application for a delayed certificate of birth or a foreign-born certificate shall be accompanied by a fee of $30.00 for the filing and registration of the delayed certificate of birth or the foreign-born certificate. A certified copy of a delayed certificate of birth or a foreign-born certificate may be obtained pursuant to K.A.R. 28-17-6. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-2420; effective Jan. 1, 1966; amended Jan. 1, 1968; amended May 1, 1983; amended Oct. 22, 1990; amended Oct. 7, 1991; amended, T-28-9-25-92, Sept. 25, 1992; amended Nov. 16, 1992; amended Jan. 15, 2010; amended July 1, 2022.)

Janet Stanek
Secretary

Doc. No. 050239

Secretary of State Seal