(1) The department shall collect nonrefundable fees to cover program costs as follows:
To prepare a sealed record following an adoption or to search the vital records system for adoption record information. | $15.00 |
To file an assertion of parentage, an acknowledgment or denial of parentage, or a rescission of parentage. | $18.00 |
Fee for hospital filed acknowledgments or denials of parentage. | $5.00 |
To prepare a certificate of birth record information (CBRI) letter or to provide a copy of an assertion of parentage, an acknowledgment or denial of parentage, or a rescission of parentage. | $15.00 |
Priority processing fee for applications of certifications and informational copies received by telephone or internet. | $7.00 |
Priority processing fee for applications of certifications and informational copies received in-person. | $13.50 |
(2) The secretary of health may enter into agreements with state and local government agencies to establish alternate fee schedules and payment arrangements for reimbursement of these program costs.
(3) The fee for each electronic verification of a vital event through the electronic verification of vital events system must be in accordance with the national pricing model.
[Statutory Authority: 2019 c 148. WSR 20-13-017, § 246-491-990, filed 6/5/20, effective 1/1/21. Statutory Authority: Chapters
26.26A and
26.26B RCW, and RCW
43.70.150. WSR 19-02-087, § 246-491-990, filed 1/2/19, effective 1/2/19. Statutory Authority: RCW
43.70.040. WSR 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-491-990, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW
26.33.330. WSR 88-15-011 (Order 2650), § 440-44-095, filed 7/8/88; WSR 85-04-023 (Order 2199), § 440-44-095, filed 1/30/85.]