Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 3 - Vital Statistics

Section 191.003. Powers and Duties of Executive Commissioner and Department - Sec. 191.003. POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT....

Section 191.0031. Certified Copies by Mail - Sec. 191.0031. CERTIFIED COPIES BY MAIL. The state registrar or...

Section 191.004. State Registrar - Sec. 191.004. STATE REGISTRAR. (a) The director of the vital...

Section 191.0045. Fees - Sec. 191.0045. FEES. (a) The department may collect fees for...

Section 191.0046. Fee Exemptions - Sec. 191.0046. FEE EXEMPTIONS. (a) On the request of a...

Section 191.0047. Birth Information for Department of Family and Protective Services - Sec. 191.0047. BIRTH INFORMATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE...

Section 191.0048. Voluntary Contribution to Texas Home Visiting Program - Sec. 191.0048. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO TEXAS HOME VISITING PROGRAM. (a)...

Section 191.0049. Birth Record Issued to Foster Child or Youth or Homeless Child or Youth - Sec. 191.0049. BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH...

Section 191.00491. Birth Record Issued to Victims and Children of Victims of Dating or Family Violence - Sec. 191.00491. BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO VICTIMS AND CHILDREN OF...

Section 191.005. Vital Statistics Account - Sec. 191.005. VITAL STATISTICS ACCOUNT. (a) The vital statistics account...

Section 191.006. Records of Persons in Hospitals and Institutions - Sec. 191.006. RECORDS OF PERSONS IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS. (a)...

Section 191.007. Regulation by Certain Municipalities - Sec. 191.007. REGULATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. The governing body of...

Section 191.008. Sorting Collected Data - Sec. 191.008. SORTING COLLECTED DATA. (a) The department shall compile...

Section 191.009. Use of Diacritical Marks - Sec. 191.009. USE OF DIACRITICAL MARKS. (a) In this section,...

Section 191.010. Death Information for Department of Public Safety - Sec. 191.010. DEATH INFORMATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a)...

Subchapter B. Records of Births, Deaths, and Fetal Deaths

Section 191.021. Registration Districts - Sec. 191.021. REGISTRATION DISTRICTS. (a) The state is divided into...

Section 191.022. Local Registrars - Sec. 191.022. LOCAL REGISTRARS. (a) The justice of the peace...

Section 191.023. Consolidation of County and Municipal Maintenance of Birth and Death Records - Sec. 191.023. CONSOLIDATION OF COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE OF BIRTH...

Section 191.024. Reports of Information - Sec. 191.024. REPORTS OF INFORMATION. (a) On the state registrar's...

Section 191.025. Record Books and Certificates - Sec. 191.025. RECORD BOOKS AND CERTIFICATES. (a) Forms for the...

Section 191.026. Local Records - Sec. 191.026. LOCAL RECORDS. (a) The local registrar shall secure...

Section 191.027. Review of Certificate by Local Registrar - Sec. 191.027. REVIEW OF CERTIFICATE BY LOCAL REGISTRAR. (a) The...

Section 191.028. Amendment of Certificate - Sec. 191.028. AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE. (a) A record of a...

Section 191.029. Certificates or Report Sent to State Registrar - Sec. 191.029. CERTIFICATES OR REPORT SENT TO STATE REGISTRAR. On...

Section 191.031. Review of Certificates by State Registrar - Sec. 191.031. REVIEW OF CERTIFICATES BY STATE REGISTRAR. (a) The...

Section 191.032. State Records - Sec. 191.032. STATE RECORDS. (a) The state registrar shall arrange,...

Section 191.033. Addenda - Sec. 191.033. ADDENDA. (a) The state registrar may attach to...

Section 191.034. Notation of Death on Birth Certificate - Sec. 191.034. NOTATION OF DEATH ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE. (a) On...

Section 191.036. Spanish Surname Information - Sec. 191.036. SPANISH SURNAME INFORMATION. (a) The purpose of this...

Subchapter C. Copies of Records

Section 191.051. Certified Copies - Sec. 191.051. CERTIFIED COPIES. (a) Subject to department rules controlling...

Section 191.052. Certified Copy as Evidence - Sec. 191.052. CERTIFIED COPY AS EVIDENCE. A copy of a...

Section 191.056. Copies Collected by National Agency - Sec. 191.056. COPIES COLLECTED BY NATIONAL AGENCY. (a) The national...

Section 191.057. Records With Addenda - Sec. 191.057. RECORDS WITH ADDENDA. (a) In this section: (1)...

Subchapter D. Access to Records

Section 191.071. Criminal Background Check Required - Sec. 191.071. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED. (a) A person may...

Chapter 192 - Birth Records

Subchapter A. General Registration Provisions

Section 192.001. Registration Required - Sec. 192.001. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. The birth of each child born...

Section 192.002. Form of Birth Certificate - Sec. 192.002. FORM OF BIRTH CERTIFICATE. (a) The department shall...

Section 192.0021. Heirloom Birth Certificate - Sec. 192.0021. HEIRLOOM BIRTH CERTIFICATE. (a) The department shall promote...

Section 192.0022. Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth - Sec. 192.0022. CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH RESULTING IN STILLBIRTH. (a) In...

Section 192.003. Birth Certificate Filed or Birth Reported - Sec. 192.003. BIRTH CERTIFICATE FILED OR BIRTH REPORTED. (a) The...

Section 192.0031. Information of Birth to School-Age Mother - Sec. 192.0031. INFORMATION OF BIRTH TO SCHOOL-AGE MOTHER. (a) Notwithstanding...

Section 192.004. Information Obtained by Local Registrar - Sec. 192.004. INFORMATION OBTAINED BY LOCAL REGISTRAR. (a) The local...

Section 192.005. Record of Paternity - Sec. 192.005. RECORD OF PATERNITY. (a) The items on a...

Section 192.0051. Report of Determination of Paternity - Sec. 192.0051. REPORT OF DETERMINATION OF PATERNITY. (a) A report...

Section 192.006. Supplementary Birth Certificates - Sec. 192.006. SUPPLEMENTARY BIRTH CERTIFICATES. (a) A supplementary birth certificate...

Section 192.007. Supplementary Certificates for Child Who Dies Before Adoption - Sec. 192.007. SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATES FOR CHILD WHO DIES BEFORE ADOPTION....

Section 192.008. Birth Records of Adopted Person - Sec. 192.008. BIRTH RECORDS OF ADOPTED PERSON. (a) The supplementary...

Section 192.009. Certificate of Adoption, Annulment of Adoption, or Revocation of Adoption - Sec. 192.009. CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION, ANNULMENT OF ADOPTION, OR REVOCATION...

Section 192.010. Change of Name - Sec. 192.010. CHANGE OF NAME. (a) Subject to department rules,...

Section 192.011. Amending Birth Certificate - Sec. 192.011. AMENDING BIRTH CERTIFICATE. (a) This section applies to...

Section 192.012. Record of Acknowledgment of Paternity - Sec. 192.012. RECORD OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY. (a) If the...

Subchapter B. Delayed Registration

Section 192.021. Delay Less Than One Year - Sec. 192.021. DELAY LESS THAN ONE YEAR. (a) A birth...

Section 192.022. Delay of One Year or More: Application Filed With State Registrar - Sec. 192.022. DELAY OF ONE YEAR OR MORE: APPLICATION FILED...

Section 192.023. Delay of More Than One but Less Than Four Years - Sec. 192.023. DELAY OF MORE THAN ONE BUT LESS THAN...

Section 192.024. Delay of Four Years or More - Sec. 192.024. DELAY OF FOUR YEARS OR MORE. (a) A...

Section 192.025. Supporting Documents - Sec. 192.025. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS. (a) The state registrar shall accept...

Section 192.026. Rejection or Return of Application - Sec. 192.026. REJECTION OR RETURN OF APPLICATION. (a) The state...

Section 192.027. Registration by Judicial Order - Sec. 192.027. REGISTRATION BY JUDICIAL ORDER. (a) If a delayed...

Section 192.028. Appointment of Attorney Ad Litem - Sec. 192.028. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY AD LITEM. A judge of...

Section 192.029. Refusal to Sign Affidavit of Personal Knowledge - Sec. 192.029. REFUSAL TO SIGN AFFIDAVIT OF PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. (a)...

Chapter 193 - Death Records

Section 193.001. Form of Certificate - Sec. 193.001. FORM OF CERTIFICATE. (a) The department shall prescribe...

Section 193.002. Person Required to File - Sec. 193.002. PERSON REQUIRED TO FILE. The person in charge...

Section 193.0025. Expedited Death Certificates for Religious Purposes in Certain Counties - Sec. 193.0025. EXPEDITED DEATH CERTIFICATES FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES IN CERTAIN...

Section 193.003. Time and Place for Filing Death Certificate - Sec. 193.003. TIME AND PLACE FOR FILING DEATH CERTIFICATE. (a)...

Section 193.004. Personal and Medical Information - Sec. 193.004. PERSONAL AND MEDICAL INFORMATION. (a) The person required...

Section 193.0041. Disciplinary Action Prohibited - Sec. 193.0041. DISCIPLINARY ACTION PROHIBITED. A state agency that licenses...

Section 193.005. Personal Information - Sec. 193.005. PERSONAL INFORMATION. (a) A person required to file...

Section 193.006. Information Relating to Veterans - Sec. 193.006. INFORMATION RELATING TO VETERANS. (a) This section applies...

Section 193.007. Delayed Registration of Death - Sec. 193.007. DELAYED REGISTRATION OF DEATH. (a) A death that...

Section 193.008. Burial-Transit Permit - Sec. 193.008. BURIAL-TRANSIT PERMIT. (a) A burial-transit permit issued under...

Section 193.009. Burial Records - Sec. 193.009. BURIAL RECORDS. (a) The person in charge of...

Section 193.010. Certificate of Death by Catastrophe - Sec. 193.010. CERTIFICATE OF DEATH BY CATASTROPHE. (a) In this...

Section 193.011. Memorandum of Understanding on Suicide Data - Sec. 193.011. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON SUICIDE DATA. (a) In...

Section 193.012. Notice of Certain Death Certificate Amendments - Sec. 193.012. NOTICE OF CERTAIN DEATH CERTIFICATE AMENDMENTS. For a...

Chapter 194 - Marriage and Divorce Records

Section 194.001. Report of Marriage - Sec. 194.001. REPORT OF MARRIAGE. (a) The county clerk shall...

Section 194.0011. Marriage License Applications - Sec. 194.0011. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS. (a) The executive commissioner by...

Section 194.002. Report of Divorce or Annulment - Sec. 194.002. REPORT OF DIVORCE OR ANNULMENT. (a) The department...

Section 194.003. State Index - Sec. 194.003. STATE INDEX. (a) The vital statistics unit shall...

Section 194.004. Release of Information - Sec. 194.004. RELEASE OF INFORMATION. (a) The vital statistics unit...

Section 194.005. Heirloom Wedding Anniversary Certificate - Sec. 194.005. HEIRLOOM WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CERTIFICATE. (a) The department shall...

Chapter 195 - Enforcement of Vital Statistics Reporting

Section 195.001. Enforcement of Title; Reports by Local Registrar - Sec. 195.001. ENFORCEMENT OF TITLE; REPORTS BY LOCAL REGISTRAR. (a)...

Section 195.002. Supervision and Investigation by State Registrar - Sec. 195.002. SUPERVISION AND INVESTIGATION BY STATE REGISTRAR. (a) The...

Section 195.003. False Records - Sec. 195.003. FALSE RECORDS. (a) A person commits an offense...

Section 195.004. Failure to Perform Duty - Sec. 195.004. FAILURE TO PERFORM DUTY. (a) A person commits...

Section 195.005. Disclosure of Confidential Information - Sec. 195.005. DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. (a) A person commits...

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Texas Statutes Health and Safety Code Title 3 - Vital Statistics

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Title 3 - Vital Statistics