Ector County Health Department
221 N. Texas, Odessa, Texas, 79761
Contact & location
- Address
- 221 N. Texas, Odessa, Texas, 79761
- Records for
- Ector County, Texas
- Phone
- (432) 498-4141
- Official site
- Government website ↗
Last verified July 14, 2026
This office issues Texas state records
Ector County follows Texas’s fees, eligibility rules and processing times. Compare the statewide baseline below before choosing where to go.
- $22.00
- Texas birth certificate fee
- 5–6 weeks
- Statewide processing
- 31,290,831
- Texas population
Office hours
via Google| Monday | 8:00am - 12:00pm, 1:00 - 5:00pm |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 8:00am - 12:00pm, 1:00 - 5:00pm |
| Wednesday | 8:00am - 12:00pm, 1:00 - 5:00pm |
| Thursday | 8:00am - 12:00pm, 1:00 - 5:00pm |
| Friday | 8:00am - 12:00pm, 1:00 - 5:00pm |
| Saturday | closed |
| Sunday | closed |
Certificates, fees & processing
Texas statewide| Record | Fee | Processing |
|---|---|---|
| Birth Certificate | $22.00Texas state fee | 5–6 weeksTexas estimate |
| Death Certificate | $20.00Texas state fee | 5–6 weeksTexas estimate |
| Marriage Certificate | $20.00Texas state fee | 6–8 weeksTexas estimate |
| Divorce Record | $20.00Texas state fee | 6–8 weeksTexas estimate |
This office has not published which records it issues or what it charges, so the table shows the records available in Texas at the statewide fee. Call ahead to confirm before travelling. Processing times are set at state level — county offices do not publish their own — and are estimates that vary with demand.
The Ector County Health Department is dedicated to ensuring the well-being of the local community. Their wide-ranging services encompass vital functions, including monitoring water quality, food safety, and sanitation to safeguard environmental health, promoting public health through educational programs, managing disease control, overseeing permits and inspections, and actively participating in emergency preparedness.
While their mission is vital for the well-being of the community, its essential to note that they typically do not handle vital records like birth certificates, death certificates and marriage certificates . To obtain these crucial documents, please visit other listings of offices available in the state of Texas.
Reviews
★★★★★2.1 (26)- ★★★★★JenniferGoogle
No one answers the phone there during business hour. You have to leave a voicemail and even then, I still haven’t gotten a call back.
- ★★★★★Esaih DominguezGoogle
Had us waiting in the cold then when we came in only took TWO patients and turned everyone else away. We were absolutely ridiculous
- ★★★★★Kaye EllzeyGoogle
You have a deadline of Jan. 31 to submit a renewal for Health Permit. They are closed the 30, 31, and 1 but if you go in the first day they are open they tell you the fee is doubled. Now most places extend the deadline but not Ector County Health Dept. I called on the 30 th, 31st and 1st to check if they were open. Even called the 2nd to make sure but no one answer. I took the renewal in and was told the fee would double. No thank you. I’m not paying for their vacation. We are closed.
- ★★★★★Kimberly WalshGoogle
This place is a joke! I've been sitting here 2 hours and they have only called 1 person back! They only take like 4 people a day and make u wait forever!!!! There is no reason what so ever it should take this long. This place is dirty people are rude kids running wild screaming while parents just sit and play on their phones. Someone needs to do something about this nonsense this place is the worst government building I've ever been in!!! With all our tax money you guys need to step your game way up!!!
- ★★★★★AlexandraGoogle
I came for STD testing and wanna say this was so easy and simple to get. The team here are very sweet. As a young adult who sometimes avoid things that are uncomfortable they made it stress free. I wish there were more options like this for affordable testing everything else I found was really costly.