Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 194.001
Report of Marriage

(a)

The county clerk shall file with the vital statistics unit a copy of each completed marriage license application and a copy of any affidavit of an absent applicant submitted with an application. The clerk shall file the copies not later than the 90th day after the date of the application. The clerk may not collect a fee for filing the copies.

(b)

The county clerk shall file with the vital statistics unit a copy of each declaration of informal marriage executed under Section 2.402 (Declaration and Registration of Informal Marriage), Family Code. The clerk shall file the copy not later than the 90th day after the date on which the declaration is executed.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 650 (H.B. 869), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0560, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 194.001 — Report of Marriage, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­194.­htm#194.­001 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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