The Register of Wills shall be responsible for the Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas facilities, programs, and services of the County, and shall have all the powers and duties granted by commonwealth law, laws applicable to Counties of the Second Class A for the Register of Wills and Clerks of the Orphans Court, by the Home Rule Charter, this chapter, or by ordinance of County Council.
The Office of the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans Court shall be headed by an independently elected Register of Wills who shall be learned in the law and admitted to the practice of law in the commonwealth throughout his term of office. The Register of Wills shall be responsible to the electorate of Delaware County for the performance of his duties. He shall appoint a deputy or deputies and such other assistants as may be required to assist him in the discharge of his duties, subject to the budgetary approval of County Council.
A. 
To carry out the powers and duties of the Office of Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas the Office is organized into sections each of which is assigned responsibilities as follows:
(1) 
The Inheritance Tax Section shall accept filing of reports and appraisals and submit same to the commonwealth Department of Revenue for appraising. This Section shall maintain an Inheritance Tax Docket and shall calculate and accept monies for inheritance taxes due. This Section shall provide assistance to taxpayers in settling estates.
(2) 
The Probate Section shall have the responsibility to probate wills, to grant letters of administration, to grant letters of testimony, and shall have the duty to charge fees for said services.
(3) 
The Marriage License Section shall, where applicants have a right to a marriage license, issue such licenses for a fee, record license applications, consent certificates, and marriage licenses, make transcripts of said documents, and forward same to the commonwealth Department of Health. This Section shall also answer inquiries regarding certified copies of duplicate birth records, death records, marriage applications and licenses.
(4) 
The Orphans Court Section shall be custodian for all Orphans Court papers; shall receive fees for filing Orphans Court papers and issue receipts therefor.
(5) 
The Budget, Microfilming, Transcribing, and Filing Section shall provide administrative support services for the Office, including photocopying, binding documents into dockets and indexing same.
B. 
The Register of Wills shall make a monthly accounting of fees received to the Controller and make accountings to the commonwealth on escheated estates as required by law.