32 V.S.A. § 1715 — Vital records search; copies search

(a) Upon payment of the fee established under 18 V.S.A. § 5017, the Office of Vital Records or the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration
shall provide a certified copy of a vital event certificate, or shall ascertain and
certify what the vital event certificate shows, except that the word “illegitimate”
shall be redacted from any birth certificate furnished. The fee for the search of
the vital records is $3.00, which is credited toward the fee for the first certified
copy based upon the search.
(b) Fees collected under this section shall be credited to special funds established and
managed pursuant to chapter 7, subchapter 5 of this title, and shall be available
to the charging departments to offset the costs of providing those services. (