PART 50—SPECIAL SERVICES AND STUDIES BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1525-1527; and 13 U.S.C. 3 and 8. § 50.1 General. (a) [Reserved] (b) In accordance with the provisions of the acts authorizing the Department of Commerce to make special statistical surveys and studies, and to perform other specified services upon the payment of the cost thereof, the following fee structure is hereby established. No transcript of any record will be furnished under authority of these acts which would violate existing or future acts requiring that information furnished be held confidential. (c) Requests for age search and citizenship service should be addressed to the Personal Census Search Unit, Data Preparation Division, Bureau of the Census, P.O. Box 1545, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47131. Application forms may be obtained at Department of Commerce field offices or Social Security offices or by writing to the Jeffersonville, Indiana office. (d) If a search is unsuccessful and additional information for a further search is requested by the Census Bureau, such information must be received within 90 days of the request or the case will be considered closed. Additional information received after 90 days must be accompanied by a new fee and will be considered a new request. (15 U.S.C. 1526 and 13 U.S.C. 8) [36 FR 905, Jan. 20, 1971, as amended at 49 FR 3980, Feb. 1, 1984; 56 FR 35815, July 29, 1991; 68 FR 42586, July 18, 2003; 91 FR 8071, Feb. 20, 2026] § 50.5 Fee structure for age search and citizenship information. Type of service Fee Search of one census for one person and one transcript $155.00 Each additional copy of census transcript 2.00 Each full schedule requested 1 10.00 1 Note: An additional charge of $50.00 per case is charged for expedited requests requiring search results within one day. [91 FR 42136, July 8, 2026] § 50.10 Fee structure for special population censuses. The Bureau of the Census is authorized to conduct special population censuses at the request of and at the expense of the community concerned. To obtain a special population census, an authorized official of the community should write a letter to the Associate Director for Demographic Fields, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233, requesting detailed information and stating the approximate present population. The Associate Director will reply giving an estimate of the cost and other pertinent information. Title 13, United State Code, section 196, Special Censuses, requires payment to the Bureau of the actual or estimated cost of each such special census. [47 FR 18, Jan. 4, 1982] § 50.30 [RESERVED] § 50.40 [RESERVED] § 50.50 Request for certification. (a) Upon request, the Census Bureau certifies certain statistical materials (such as the population and housing unit counts of government entities, published tabulations, maps, and other documents). The Census Bureau charges customers a preset fee for this service according to the kind of certification requested (either an impressed document or an attestation) and the level of difficulty involved in compiling it (easy, moderate, or difficult, determined according to the resources expended) as well as the set cost of the data product (e.g., report or map) to be certified. Certification prices are shown in the following table: Price by Type of Certification Product Estimated price Estimated time to complete Impress-easy $70.00 1.5 Impress-medium 110.00 3 Impress-difficult 150.00 4.5 Attestation-easy 160.00 3 Attestation-medium 200.00 4.5 Attestation-difficult 240.00 6 (b) There are two forms of certification available: Impressed Documents and Attestation. (1) Impressed documents. (2) Attestation. (c) Requests for certification should be submitted on Form BC-1868(EF), Request for Official Certification, to the Census Bureau by fax, (301) 457-4714 or by e-mail, [email protected]. http://www.census.gov/mso/www/certification/. [67 FR 54951, Aug. 27, 2002] § 50.60 Request for certification. (a) Certification process. Federal Register (1) The Census Bureau charges customers a preset fee for this service according to the amount of work involved in compiling the population and housing counts, as determined by the resources expended to meet customer requirements and the set cost of the product (one certificate). Certification fees may increase somewhat if the customer requests additional original certificates. Each additional certificate costs $35.00. Certification prices are shown in the following table: Description and Estimated Fee Standard Estimated fee Annual Certification $693 to $1,799. Expedited Certification 1,530 to 9,075. (2) [Reserved] (b) Description of certification types. (1) Annual certification. (i) The annual certification service also is available to standard governmental units that are not in the Boundary and Annexation Survey of that year. Governmental units electing participation in this service must draft the legal boundary updates upon Census Bureau-supplied maps. The legally effective dates of the boundaries may not be later than January 1 of the calendar year. The Census Bureau must receive the census maps annotated with the legally certified boundaries and associated address ranges by April 1 of the same calendar year. The Census Bureau will determine that the legal boundary updates are acceptable by verifying that the information is complete, legible, and usable, and that the legal boundaries on the maps have been attested by the governmental unit as submitted in accordance with state law or tribal authority. (ii) [Reserved] (2) Expedited certification. (A) Certification of boundary updates legally effective after January 1 of the current calendar year; or (B) Certification of boundary updates reported to the Census Bureau after April 1 of the current calendar year; or (C) Certification of boundary updates by the Census Bureau before October 1 of the current calendar year. (ii) Governmental units electing participation in this service must draft the legal boundary updates upon Census Bureau-supplied maps. To allow sufficient processing time, the Census Bureau must receive acceptable census maps annotated with the legally certified boundaries and associated address ranges no later than three months before the date requested by the customer to receive the population certificate. The Census Bureau will determine that the legal boundary updates are acceptable by verifying that the information is complete, legible, and usable and that the legal boundaries on the maps have been attested as submitted in accordance with state law or tribal authority. (c) List of standard governmental units. (1) Federally recognized American Indian reservations and off-reservation trust land entities [tribal government]; this includes a reservation designated as a colony, community, Indian community, Indian village, pueblo, rancheria, reservation, reserve, and village. (2) Counties and statistically equivalent entities, including the following: counties in 48 states; boroughs, municipalities, and census areas in Alaska [state official]; parishes in Louisiana; and municipios in Puerto Rico. (3) Minor civil divisions as recognized in Census 2000 in the following 28 states: Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. (4) Incorporated places, including the following: boroughs in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; cities in 49 states and the District of Columbia; cities, boroughs, and municipalities in Alaska; towns in 30 states (excluding towns in New England, New York, and Wisconsin, which are minor civil divisions); and villages in 20 states. (5) Consolidated cities. (6) School districts. (d) Non-standard certifications. (e) Submitting certification requests. [email protected]. http://www.census.gov/mso/www/certification/. [67 FR 72096, Dec. 4, 2002]