{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-231.27","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 7-231.27","heading":"Fees.","body":"(a)\nThe Registrar shall prescribe by rules issued pursuant to § 7-231.29 the fees to be paid for the following services:\n(1)\nProcessing an application to amend a vital record;\n(2)\nCertifying records, whether paper or electronic, or searching the files when no certificate is issued;\n(3)\nProviding copies of or information contained on live birth, death, and fetal death records for health research, statistical, or administrative purposes, or in response to subpoena or court order;\n(4)\nVerifying information contained on live birth, death, fetal death, and domestic partnership records when the information is provided. Verification of vital events may only be provided to government agencies authorized by the Registrar;\n(5)\nProcessing an application to register a delayed report of a vital event;\n(6)\nReplacing a live birth record subsequent to adoption, establishment of parentage, paternity acknowledgment, change in gender designation, or court order;\n(7)\nProviding personally identifiable information from vital records data to a health researcher or an authorized government agency;\n(8)\nProviding programming and analytic services in response to statistical data requests;\n(9)\nIssuing a permit for final disposition or a permit to disinter human remains, or as otherwise required by law;\n(10)\nProviding genealogical search services;\n(10A)\nIssuing a certificate of stillbirth; and\n(11)\nProviding any other service as determined by the Registrar.\n\n(b)\nNotwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the fee for a certificate of birth shall be waived for:\n(1)\nAn individual released from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (\"BOP\"), for one year after the individual is released from the custody of the BOP; and\n(2)\nAn individual in the custody of the BOP at a halfway house in the District.","path":["Title 7. Human Health Care and Safety.","Chapter 2A. Vital Records, 2018."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/7-231.27","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e6f665a315a7f59ee04ae3bfa05070fe50682d77f3e7d9f81adff097d713dccc","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-231.26","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-231.28"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}