Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 191.025
Record Books and Certificates

(a)

Forms for the registration of births, deaths, and fetal deaths must be approved by the department.

(b)

A municipality shall supply its local registrar, and each county shall supply the county clerk, with permanent record books for recording the births, deaths, and fetal deaths occurring in their respective jurisdictions. The record books must be in forms approved by the state registrar.

(c)

A local registrar shall supply forms of certificates to persons who need them. The executive commissioner shall establish and promulgate rules for strict accountability of birth certificates to prevent birth certificate fraud.

(d)

Information required on a certificate must be written legibly in durable blue or black ink or may be filed and registered by photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by the state registrar.

(e)

A certificate must contain each item of information required on the certificate or a satisfactory reason for omitting the item.

(f)

The department shall require that the form for the registration of deaths must include the question, “Was the decedent a peace officer or an honorably retired peace officer in this state?”.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 15, Sec. 5.14, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 17, Sec. 1, eff. April 25, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 476, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 744 (H.B. 2769), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0538, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 191.025 — Record Books and Certificates, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­191.­htm#191.­025 (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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 191.025’s source at texas​.gov