South Dakota is raising the fee for getting certified and informational copies of South 
Dakota birth, death, fetal death, marriage and divorce records.
According to a news release from the South Dakota Department of Health, the new fee will be $15, effective February 5.
Applications and instructions are available at the state vital records office in Pierre, at the various county register of deeds offices and the Department of Health Web site.
Read a good article about where the increased money will go, etc. in the January 13, 2009 edition of Aberdeen News.