Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 191.0045
Fees


(a)

The department may collect fees for providing services to the public and performing other activities in connection with maintenance of the vital statistics system, including:

(1)

performing searches of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, annulment, and other records;

(2)

preparing and issuing copies and certified copies of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, annulment, and other records; and

(3)

filing a record, amendment, or affidavit under this title.

(b)

The executive commissioner by rule may prescribe a schedule of fees for vital statistics services. The aggregate of the amounts of the fees may not exceed the cost of administering the vital statistics system.

(c)

The department shall refund to an applicant any fee received for services that the department cannot perform. If the money has been deposited to the credit of the vital statistics account in the general revenue fund, the comptroller shall issue a warrant against the fund for refund of the payment on presentation of a claim signed by the state registrar.

(d)

A local registrar or county clerk who issues a certified copy of a birth or death certificate shall collect the same fees as collected by the department, including the additional fee required under Subsection (e), except as provided by Subsections (g) and (h).

(e)

In addition to fees charged by the department under Subsection (b), the department shall collect an additional $2 fee for each of the following:

(1)

issuing a certified copy of a certificate of birth;

(2)

issuing a wallet-sized certification of birth; and

(3)

conducting a search for a certificate of birth.

(f)

Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 263, Sec. 5(1), eff. May 30, 2005.

(g)

A local registrar or county clerk that on March 31, 1995, was collecting a fee for the issuance of a certified copy of a birth certificate that exceeded the fee collected by the department for the same type of certificate may continue to do so but shall not raise this fee until the fee collected by the department exceeds the fee collected by the local registrar or county clerk. A local registrar or county clerk to which this subsection applies shall collect the additional fee as required under Subsection (e).

(h)

In addition to other fees collected under this section, a local registrar or county clerk may collect a fee not to exceed $1 for:

(1)

preserving vital statistics records maintained by the registrar or county clerk, including birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, and annulment records;

(2)

training registrar or county clerk employees regarding vital statistics records; and

(3)

ensuring the safety and security of vital statistics records.

(i)

A fee under this section shall be collected by the registrar or county clerk on the issuance of a vital statistics record, including a record issued through a Remote Birth Access site.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 52, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 651, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.62, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 975, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 263 (H.B. 2962), Sec. 5(1), eff. May 30, 2005.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 400 (S.B. 1524), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1022 (H.B. 2717), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0532, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 191.0045 — Fees, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­191.­htm#191.­0045 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

191.001
Definitions
191.002
Powers and Duties of Department
191.003
Powers and Duties of Executive Commissioner and Department
191.004
State Registrar
191.005
Vital Statistics Account
191.006
Records of Persons in Hospitals and Institutions
191.007
Regulation by Certain Municipalities
191.008
Sorting Collected Data
191.009
Use of Diacritical Marks
191.010
Death Information for Department of Public Safety
191.0011
Reference in Other Law
191.011
Death Information Provided to Secretary of State
191.021
Registration Districts
191.022
Local Registrars
191.023
Consolidation of County and Municipal Maintenance of Birth and Death Records
191.024
Reports of Information
191.025
Record Books and Certificates
191.026
Local Records
191.027
Review of Certificate by Local Registrar
191.028
Amendment of Certificate
191.029
Certificates or Report Sent to State Registrar
191.0031
Certified Copies by Mail
191.031
Review of Certificates by State Registrar
191.032
State Records
191.033
Addenda
191.034
Notation of Death on Birth Certificate
191.036
Spanish Surname Information
191.0045
Fees
191.0046
Fee Exemptions
191.0047
Birth Information for Department of Family and Protective Services
191.0048
Voluntary Contribution to Texas Home Visiting Program
191.0049
Birth Record Issued to Foster Child or Youth or Homeless Child or Youth
191.051
Certified Copies
191.052
Certified Copy as Evidence
191.056
Copies Collected by National Agency
191.057
Records with Addenda
191.071
Criminal Background Check Required
191.00491
Birth Record Issued to Victims and Children of Victims of Dating or Family Violence

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

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