Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-123 (2026)

1. All revenue derived from fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited as special revenues into the State Treasury, where they shall be credited to the Public Health Fund.
2. These fees are as follows:
   1. All fees prescribed in the Vital Statistics Act, § 20-18-101 et seq., which are as follows:
      1. A fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) collected by the State Registrar of Vital Records for the filing of a delayed certificate of birth;
      2. A fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) collected by the state registrar for the filing of a delayed certificate of death or marriage;
      3. A fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) collected by the state registrar for issuing a new certificate of birth for a person who has been legitimated, or whose paternity has been determined, or whose name has been changed;
      4. 1. A fee of one dollar ($1.00) collected by the clerks of the county courts upon the application of any person for marriage.
         2. This fee is in addition to any other fees;
      5. 1. Except as provided in subdivision (b)(1)(E)(ii) of this section, a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) collected by the state registrar for the amendment of any record.
         2. For a hospital that requests an amendment of a record, a fee of two dollars ($2.00);
      6. A fee of five dollars ($5.00) collected by the state registrar for the making and certification of any certificate or record other than a death certificate;
      7. A fee of:
         1. Four dollars ($4.00) collected by the state registrar for the making and certification of a single copy of a death certificate; and
         2. One dollar ($1.00) collected for the making and certification of each additional copy of a death certificate;
      8. 1. A fee of:
            1. Five dollars ($5.00) collected by the state registrar for an examination and search of the files for any birth, marriage, divorce, or putative father record; and
            2. Four dollars ($4.00) for an examination and search of the files for a death record.
         2. The fees set out in this subdivision (b)(1)(H) shall be paid before searching the record; and
      9. A fee of five dollars ($5.00) collected by the state registrar for establishing a new certificate of birth under § 20-18-406;
   2. 1. A fee to be collected for the review of plans and specifications covering improvements that by law or rule are required to be reviewed by the State Board of Health or Department of Health, including without limitation plans and specifications covering waterworks, sewage works, swimming pools, hospitals and related facilities, food service and food processing establishments, and plumbing in public facilities.
      2. The fee imposed under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall be one percent (1%) of the estimated cost, with a maximum fee of five hundred dollars ($500) and a minimum fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), calculated and paid on the basis of the engineering estimate of the total cost of the particular improvement, which estimate is to be submitted with the plans and specifications for review.
      3. If the maximum fee of five hundred dollars ($500) is paid, no engineering estimate of the total cost need be submitted with the plans and specifications; and
   3. A fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) to be collected by the board or the department for each cemetery inspection as required by law or rule.

History. Acts 1965, No. 469, § 10; 1983, No. 378, § 2; 1985, No. 351, §§ 1, 4; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 82-130, 82-130.1; Acts 1987, No. 399, §§ 1, 2; 1993, No. 350, § 6; 1993, No. 403, § 11; 1995, No. 270, § 14; 1995, No. 1254, § 29; 1995, No. 1256, § 20; 1995 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 13, § 4; 2001, No. 957, §§ 1-4; 2003, No. 1723, § 14; 2007, No. 827, § 147; 2007, No. 1059, § 1; 2019, No. 315, §§ 1809, 1810.

A.C.R.C. Notes. The operation of subdivision (b)(1) may be affected by the enactment of Act 1256 of 1995, codified principally at § 16-10-301 et seq.

Pursuant to Acts 2007, No. 827, § 240, the amendment of § 20-7-123 by Acts 2007, No. 1059, § 1 supersedes the amendment of § 20-7-123 by Acts 2007, No. 827, § 147.

Publisher's Notes. Acts 1985, No. 351, § 5 provided that it was the purpose and intent of Acts 1985, No. 351 to levy increased or additional fees to be collected by the Division of Vital Records with part of the additional fees to be credited to the Public Health Fund. It was not the intent of that Act to in any way jeopardize revenues pledged to secure bonds issued under the provisions of Acts 1965, No. 469 or to otherwise impair the obligations on such bonds.

Acts 1985, No. 351, § 4, is also codified as § 20-18-306.

Amendments. The 2019 amendment substituted “rule” for “regulation” in (b)(2)(A) and (b)(3).

Cross References. Circuit court clerks fees, § 21-6-402 et seq.

Marriage license fee, § 14-20-111.

Amount of fees levied by this section going to the Health Department Technology Fund, § 19-6-485.