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Texas Birth Certificates

Cost for copies: $11.00

Bureau of Vital Statistics
Texas Department of Health
P.O. Box 12040
Austin, TX 78711-2040

State office has records since 1903. Additional copies of the birth record ordered at the same time are $11.00 each.

Personal check or money order should be made payable to Bureau of Vital Statistics. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (512) 458-7111. This is a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs

Texas Death Certificates

Cost for copies: $9.00

Bureau of Vital Statistics
Texas Department of Health
P.O. Box 12040
Austin, TX 78711-2040

State office has records since 1903. Additional copies of the death record ordered at the same time are $3.00 each.

Personal check or money order should be made payable to Bureau of Vital Statistics. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (512) 458-7111. This is a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs

Texas Marriage Certificates

Cost for copies: see remarks

Bureau of Vital Statistics
Texas Department of Health
P.O. Box 12040
Austin, TX 78711-2040

State office has records since January 1966. Certified copies are not available from State office. Fee for search and verification of essential facts of marriage is $9.00 each.

For prior records, contact the County Clerk in county where license was issued.

Texas Divorce Records

Cost for copies: see remarks

Bureau of Vital Statistics
Texas Department of Health
P.O. Box 12040
Austin, TX 78711-2040

State office has records since January 1968. Certified copies are not available from State office. Fee for search and verification of essential facts of divorce is $9.00 each.

For prior records, contact the County Clerk in county where license was issued.


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