California Health and Safety Code

§ 103625

HSC § 103625 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 102 · Part 1 · Ch. 15 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)A fee of twelve dollars ($12) shall be paid by the applicant for a certified copy of a fetal death or death record.

(b)(1) A fee of twelve dollars ($12) shall be paid by a public agency or licensed private adoption agency applicant for a certified copy of a birth certificate that the agency is required to obtain in the ordinary course of business. A fee of eighteen dollars ($18) shall be paid by any other applicant for a certified copy of a birth certificate. Four dollars ($4) of any eighteen-dollar ($18) fee is exempt from subdivision (e) and shall be paid either to a county children’s trust fund or to the State Children’s Trust Fund, in conformity with Article 5 (commencing with Section 18965) of Chapter 11 of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Two dollars ($2) of any eighteen-dollar ($18) fee is exempt from subdivision (e) and shall be paid to the Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program Fund in conformity with Section 1628.

(2)The board of supervisors of any county that has established a county children’s trust fund may increase the fee for a certified copy of a birth certificate by up to three dollars ($3) for deposit in the county children’s trust fund in conformity with Article 5 (commencing with Section 18965) of Chapter 11 of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

…

Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 604, Sec. 5) by Stats. 2025, Ch. 662, Sec. 3. (AB 64) Effective January 1, 2026. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 4 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 662.