N.J. Admin. Code § 8:2A-3.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024
Section 8:2A-3.6 - Fees
(a) Effective March 1, 2004 and until February 1, 2007, the State Registrar shall be paid a recording fee for each record filed, whether by means of the current paper process or electronically, in an amount of $10.00, from the account of the funeral home, which may include this amount in the funeral expenses charged to the estate or person accepting responsibility for the disposition of the deceased's human remains and the costs associated therewith; provided however,
1. This fee shall not apply to the death registration of a person who died while in the military, naval, maritime, or merchant marine service of the United States whose death is recorded pursuant to N.J.A.C. 26:6-5.2; and
2. The State Registrar shall deposit the proceeds from the recording fee into the New Jersey Electronic Death Registration Support Fund established pursuant to 26:8-24.2.
(b) The local registrar shall be entitled to receive a fee of $1.00 for each burial or removal, or transit permit issued; except that, on or after the first day of the first month following January 9, 2004, but before February 1, 2007, the local registrar shall be entitled to receive a fee of $5.00.
(c) Any fee charged by a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar, subregistrar, or an incorporated political subdivision comprising a registration district, to a funeral home as the legal representative for a person in securing a certified copy of a death certificate shall be in the form of a debit against the account of the funeral home and a credit to the applicable political subdivision within the NJ-EDRS.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:2A-3.6