Effective: September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "birth record" and "certification of birth" have the meanings given in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) The director of health, a person authorized by the director, a local commissioner of health, or a local registrar of vital statistics shall charge and collect a fee for each certified copy of a birth record, for each certification of birth, and for each copy of a death record. The fee shall be three dollars. The fee is in addition to the fee imposed by section 3705.24 or any other section of the Revised Code. A local commissioner of health or a local registrar of vital statistics may retain an amount of each additional fee collected, not to exceed three per cent of the amount of the additional fee, to be used for costs directly related to the collection of the fee and the forwarding of the fee to the department of health.
The additional fees collected by the director of health or a person authorized by the director and the additional fees collected but not retained by a local commissioner of health or a local registrar of vital statistics shall be forwarded to the department of health not later than thirty days following the end of each quarter. Not later than two days after the fees are forwarded to the department each quarter, the department shall pay the collected fees to the treasurer of state in accordance with rules adopted by the treasurer of state under section 113.08 of the Revised Code.
(2) Upon the filing for a divorce decree under section 3105.10 or a decree of dissolution under section 3105.65 of the Revised Code, a court of common pleas shall charge and collect a fee. The fee shall be eleven dollars. The fee is in addition to any other court costs or fees. The county clerk of courts may retain an amount of each additional fee collected, not to exceed three per cent of the amount of the additional fee, to be used for costs directly related to the collection of the fee and the forwarding of the fee to the treasurer of state. The additional fees collected, but not retained, under division (B)(2) of this section shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state not later than twenty days following the end of each month.
(C) The treasurer of state shall deposit the fees paid or forwarded under this section in the state treasury to the credit of the children's trust fund, which is hereby created. A person or government entity that fails to forward the fees in a timely manner, as determined by the treasurer of state, shall send to the treasurer of state, in addition to the fees, a penalty equal to ten per cent of the fees.
The treasurer of state shall invest the moneys in the fund, and all earnings resulting from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund, except that actual administrative costs incurred by the treasurer of state in administering the fund may be deducted from the earnings resulting from investments. The amount that may be deducted shall not exceed three per cent of the total amount of fees credited to the fund in each fiscal year, except that the children's trust fund board may approve an amount for actual administrative costs exceeding three per cent but not exceeding four per cent of such amount. The balance of the investment earnings shall be credited to the fund. Moneys credited to the fund shall be used only for the purposes described in sections 3109.13 to 3109.179 of the Revised Code.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children
Section 3109.01 | Age of Majority.
Section 3109.011 | Capacity of Person Given Consent to Marry.
Section 3109.02 | Exception for Veterans.
Section 3109.03 | Equality of Parental Rights and Responsibilities.
Section 3109.041 | Custody Decrees Issued Prior to Shared Parenting Provisions.
Section 3109.042 | Custody Rights of Unmarried Mother.
Section 3109.043 | Temporary Custody Order While Action Pending.
Section 3109.05 | Child Support Determinations.
Section 3109.051 | Parenting Time - Companionship or Visitation Rights.
Section 3109.052 | Mediation of Differences as to Allocating Parental Rights and Responsibilities.
Section 3109.053 | Parenting Classes or Counseling.
Section 3109.06 | Certification to Juvenile Court.
Section 3109.061 | Construction of Sections 2151.233 to 2151.236.
Section 3109.09 | Liability of Parents for Willful Damage of Property or Theft by Their Children.
Section 3109.10 | Liability of Parents for Willful and Malicious Assaults by Their Children.
Section 3109.12 | Mother Unmarried - Parenting Time, Companionship or Visitation Rights.
Section 3109.13 | Prevention of Child Abuse and Child Neglect Definitions.
Section 3109.14 | Fees for Vital Statistics Records.
Section 3109.15 | Children's Trust Fund Board.
Section 3109.16 | Powers of the Board.
Section 3109.17 | Biennial State Plan for Comprehensive Child Abuse and Child Neglect Prevention.
Section 3109.171 | Child Abuse and Child Neglect Prevention Regions.
Section 3109.172 | Child Abuse and Child Neglect Regional Prevention Councils.
Section 3109.173 | Regional Prevention Coordinator.
Section 3109.174 | Submission of Regional Prevention Plan.
Section 3109.175 | Evaluation of Plans.
Section 3109.176 | Denial or Reduction of Funding.
Section 3109.177 | Primary Prevention Strategies.
Section 3109.178 | Requests for Start-Up Costs.
Section 3109.401 | State Policy on Parent and Child Relationship.
Section 3109.41 | Parent Killing Other Parent Definitions.
Section 3109.42 | Ineligibility for Custody of Parent Killing Other Parent.
Section 3109.43 | Ineligibility for Visitation Rights of Parent Killing Other Parent.
Section 3109.44 | Notice by Court Where Parent Convicted of Killing Other Parent.
Section 3109.45 | Termination of Visitation Order Upon Receipt of Notice.
Section 3109.46 | Termination of Custody Order Upon Receipt of Notice.
Section 3109.47 | Custody or Visitation Granted to Surviving Parent.
Section 3109.48 | Visit to Surviving Parent With Child Present.
Section 3109.50 | Definitions.
Section 3109.501 | Children Conceived as Result of Rape or Sexual Battery; Declaration of Paternity.
Section 3109.502 | Continuation of Declaration of Paternity Proceedings During Criminal Proceedings.
Section 3109.503 | Notice of Parental Rights.
Section 3109.504 | Granting of Parental Rights Prohibited.
Section 3109.505 | Consolidation of Actions.
Section 3109.506 | Rights of Relatives.
Section 3109.507 | Revocation or Modification of Order.
Section 3109.51 | Definitions.
Section 3109.52 | Power of Attorney for Residential Grandparent.
Section 3109.53 | Form of Power of Attorney for Residential Grandparent.
Section 3109.54 | Signatures - Notarization.
Section 3109.55 | Notice of Creation of Power of Attorney.
Section 3109.56 | Requirements for Creating Power of Attorney.
Section 3109.57 | Further Requirements for Creating Power of Attorney.
Section 3109.58 | Pending Proceedings May Preclude Creation of Power of Attorney.
Section 3109.59 | Termination of Power of Attorney.
Section 3109.60 | Notice of Termination.
Section 3109.62 | Military Power of Attorney.
Section 3109.65 | Caretaker Authorization Affidavit.
Section 3109.66 | Form of Caretaker Authorization Affidavit.
Section 3109.67 | Execution of Affidavit.
Section 3109.68 | Pending Proceedings May Preclude Creation of Affidavit.
Section 3109.69 | Limitations on Authority Granted by Affidavit.
Section 3109.70 | Termination of Affidavit.
Section 3109.71 | Notice of Termination.
Section 3109.72 | Negation of Actions Taken Under Caretaker Authorization Affidavit.
Section 3109.74 | Filing With Court.
Section 3109.75 | Verification of Filing.
Section 3109.78 | Purpose May Void Power or Affidavit.
Section 3109.79 | Child Support Order Unaffected by Power or Affidavit.
Section 3109.80 | Only One Power or Affidavit May Be in Effect at a Time.