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Texas Vital Records
Get a birth, death, or marriage certificate in Texas — official fees, processing times, ID requirements, and every local vital records office by county and city.
Texas · 368 offices
- 368
- Offices listed
- 306
- Counties covered
- $22.00
- Birth cert. fee
- 5–6 weeks
- Avg. processing
At a glance
Texas Department of State Health Services - Vital Statistics Section (DSHS-VSS)
- Address
- DSHS - Vital Statistics Section, 1100 W. 49th St., Austin, TX 78756
- Mailing
- Texas Vital Statistics Department of State Health Services P.O. Box 12040 Austin, TX 78711-2040 Expedited Processing Must be sent through an OVERNIGHT mail service. Texas Vital Statistics MC 2096 Department of State Health Services 1100 W. 49th Street Austin, TX 78756
- Phone
- 512-967-4900
- Website
- Official site ↗
- Hours
- 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Texas Birth Certificate
- Fee
- $22
- Additional copy
- $22
- Rush fee
- $5
- Processing time
- 25-30 business days
- Rush processing
- 20-25 business days
- Public after
- 75 years
Who can request
- Children
- Grandparents
- Legal Guardian
- Legal Representative
- Parents
- Person on Record
- Siblings
- Spouse
Required information
- Date of Birth
- Daytime Phone Number
- Father's Name
- Father's Name at Birth
- Full Name of Person of Record
- Mailing Address
- Mother's Maiden Name
- Mother's Name
- Place of Birth
- Purpose for the Certificate
- Sex
- Your Name
- Your Relationship to the Person of Record
- Your Signature
Accepted ID
- Advance Parole
- B1/B2 Visa Border Crossing Card
- Driver's License
- Federal ID
- Law Enforcement ID
- Offender ID
- Permanent Residents Card
- Pilot's License
- Re-Entry Permit
- Refugee Travel Document
- SENTRI Card
- State ID
- US Citizenship ID
- US Employment Authorization Card
- US Military ID
- US Passport
- Visa
- Weapon Permit
Secondary ID
- Auto Insurance
- Bank Statement
- Birth Certificate
- Copy of Police Report for Stolen ID
- Court Order
- DD-214 Form
- Divorce Decree
- Expired Primary ID
- Fishing License
- Foreign ID Card
- Foreign Passport
- Form I-94
- Health Insurance Card
- Hunting License
- Library Card
- Loan Payment Contract
- Marriage License
- Medicaid Card
- Medical Record
- Medicare Card
- Mexican Voter Registration Card
- Pay Stub
- Promissory Note
- Property Title
- Public Assistance Application
- Religious Record
- Rent Receipt
- Rental Agreement
- School Records
- Social Security Card
- Social Security Letter
- Tax Documents
- US Department of Homeland Security Notice
- Utility Bill
- Vehicle Registration
- Veteran Affairs Card
- Voter Registration Card
- Work ID
Texas Death Certificate
- Fee
- $20
- Additional copy
- $3
- Rush fee
- $5
- Processing time
- 25-30 business days
- Rush processing
- 20-25 business days
- Public after
- 25 years
Who can request
- Children
- Funeral Home
- Grandparents
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouse
Required information
- Date of Birth
- Date of Death
- Daytime Phone Number
- Father's Name at Birth
- Full Name of Person of Record
- Mailing Address
- Mother's Maiden Name
- Place of Death
- Purpose for the Certificate
- SSN
- Sex
- Your Name
- Your Relationship to the Person of Record
- Your Signature
Accepted ID
- Advance Parole
- B1/B2 Visa Border Crossing Card
- Driver's License
- Federal ID
- Law Enforcement ID
- Offender ID
- Permanent Residents Card
- Pilot's License
- Re-Entry Permit
- Refugee Travel Document
- SENTRI Card
- State ID
- US Citizenship ID
- US Employment Authorization Card
- US Military ID
- US Passport
- Visa
- Weapon Permit
Secondary ID
- Auto Insurance
- Bank Statement
- Birth Certificate
- College ID
- Copy of Police Report for Stolen ID
- Court Order
- DD-214 Form
- Divorce Decree
- Expired Government Issued ID
- Expired Primary ID
- Fishing License
- Foreign ID Card
- Foreign Passport
- Form I-94
- Health Insurance Card
- Hospital Bill
- Hunting License
- Library Card
- Loan Payment Contract
- Marriage License
- Medicaid Card
- Medical Record
- Medicare Card
- Mexican Voter Registration Card
- Pay Stub
- Promissory Note
- Property Title
- Public Assistance Application
- Religious Record
- Rent Receipt
- Rental Agreement
- School Records
- Social Security Card
- Social Security Letter
- Social Security Numident
- Tax Documents
- US Department of Homeland Security Notice
- Utility Bill
- Vehicle Registration
- Vehicle Title
- Veteran Affairs Card
- Voter Registration Card
- Work ID
Texas Marriage Certificate
- Fee
- $20
- Additional copy
- $20
- Rush fee
- $5
- Processing time
- 25-30 business days
- Rush processing
- 20-25 business days
- Public after
- Not Restricted
Who can request
- Children
- Grandparents
- Legal Guardian
- Legal Representative
- Parents
- Person on Record
- Siblings
- Spouse
Required information
- Bride SSN
- Bride's Date of Birth
- Bride's Name Before Marriage
- Date of Marriage
- Daytime Phone Number
- Groom Name
- Groom SSN
- Groom's Date of Birth
- Mailing Address
- Place of Marriage
- Purpose for the Certificate
- Your Name
- Your Relationship to the Person of Record
Accepted ID
- Advance Parole
- B1/B2 Visa Border Crossing Card
- Driver's License
- Federal ID
- Law Enforcement ID
- Offender ID
- Permanent Residents Card
- Pilot's License
- Re-Entry Permit
- Refugee Travel Document
- SENTRI Card
- State ID
- US Employment Authorization Card
- US Military ID
- US Passport
- Visa
- Weapon Permit
Secondary ID
- Auto Insurance
- Bank Statement
- Birth Certificate
- College ID
- Copy of Police Report for Stolen ID
- Court Order
- DD-214 Form
- Divorce Decree
- Expired Primary ID
- Fishing License
- Foreign ID Card
- Foreign Passport
- Form I-94
- Health Insurance Card
- Hospital Bill
- Hunting License
- Library Card
- Loan Payment Contract
- Marriage License
- Medicaid Card
- Medical Record
- Medicare Card
- Mexican Voter Registration Card
- Pay Stub
- Promissory Note
- Property Title
- Public Assistance Application
- Religious Record
- Rent Receipt
- School Records
- Social Security Card
- Social Security Letter
- Tax Documents
- US Department of Homeland Security Notice
- Utility Bill
- Vehicle Registration
- Veteran Affairs Card
- Voter Registration Card
- Work ID
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- Angelina County2
- Aransas County1
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- Burleson County2
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- Carson County1
- Cass County2
- Castro County1
- Chambers County2
- Cherokee County2
- Childress County1
- Clay County1
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- Coke County1
- Coleman County1
- Collin County2
- Collingsworth County1
- Colorado County1
- Comal County2
- Comanche County1
- Concho County1
- Cooke County1
- Coppell County1
- Corpus Christi-Nueces County1
- Corsicana-Navarro County1
- Coryell County1
- Cottle County1
- Crane County1
- Crockett County1
- Crosby County1
- Cuero-Dewitt County1
- Culberson County1
- Dallam County1
- Dallas County3
- Dawson County1
- De Witt County1
- Deaf Smith County1
- Delta County1
- Denton County2
- Desoto County1
- Dickens County1
- Dimmit County1
- Donley County1
- Duncanville County1
- Duval County1
- Eastland County1
- Ector County2
- Edwards County1
- El Paso County3
- Ellis County2
- Ennis County1
- Erath County1
- Falls County1
- Fannin County1
- Fayette County1
- Fisher County1
- Flower Mound County1
- Floyd County1
- Foard County1
- Fort Bend County2
- Franklin County1
- Freestone County1
- Frio County1
- Frisco County1
- Gaines County1
- Gainesville County1
- Galveston County2
- Garland County1
- Garza County1
- Gillespie County2
- Glasscock County1
- Goliad County1
- Gonzales County1
- Graham County1
- Gray County1
- Grayson County2
- Greenville-Hunt County1
- Gregg County2
- Grimes County1
- Guadalupe County1
- Hale County1
- Hall County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hansford County1
- Hardeman County1
- Hardin County2
- Harlingen County2
- Harris County2
- Harrison County1
- Hartley County1
- Haskell County1
- Hays County2
- Hemphill County1
- Henderson County1
- Hidalgo County2
- Hill County1
- Hockley County1
- Hood County1
- Hopkins County1
- Houston County4
- Howard County1
- Hudspeth County1
- Hunt County1
- Hutchinson County1
- Irion County1
- Irving County1
- Jack County1
- Jackson County1
- Jasper County1
- Jasper-Newton County1
- Jeff Davis County1
- Jefferson County2
- Jim Hogg County1
- Jim Wells County1
- Johnson County1
- Jones County1
- Karnes County1
- Kaufman County2
- Kendall County2
- Kenedy County1
- Kent County1
- Kerr County1
- Kimble County1
- King County1
- Kingsville City-Kleberg County1
- Kinney County1
- Kleberg County1
- Knox County1
- La Salle County1
- Lake Dallas County1
- Lamar County1
- Lamb County1
- Lampasas County2
- Laredo County1
- Lavaca County1
- Lee County1
- Leon County1
- Liberty County1
- Limestone County1
- Lipscomb County1
- Live Oak County2
- Lockhart County1
- Longview County1
- Loving County1
- Lubbock County2
- Luling County1
- Lynn County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall-Harrison County1
- Martin County1
- Mason County1
- Matagorda County1
- Maverick County1
- Mcallen County1
- McCulloch County2
- McLennan County1
- McMullen County1
- Medina County2
- Menard County1
- Mesquite County1
- Midland County2
- Milam County2
- Mills County1
- Mineral Wells County1
- Mitchell County1
- Montague County1
- Montgomery County2
- Moore County1
- Morris County1
- Motley County1
- Nacogdoches County1
- Navarro County1
- Newton County1
- Nolan County1
- North Richland Hills County1
- Nueces County1
- Ochiltree County1
- Oldham County1
- Orange County1
- Palo Pinto County1
- Panola County1
- Parker County2
- Parmer County1
- Pasadena County1
- Pecos County2
- Plainview-Hale County1
- Plano County1
- Polk County1
- Port Arthur County1
- Potter County1
- Presidio County1
- Rains County1
- Randall County1
- Reagan County1
- Real County1
- Red River County1
- Reeves County1
- Refugio County1
- Richardson County1
- Roberts County1
- Robertson County1
- Rockwall County1
- Rowlett County1
- Runnels County1
- Rusk County1
- Sabine County1
- San Angelo-Tom Green County1
- San Antonio County2
- San Augustine County1
- San Jacinto County1
- San Patricio County2
- San Saba County1
- Schleicher County1
- Scurry County2
- Shackelford County1
- Shelby County1
- Sheppard Afb County1
- Sherman County1
- Smith County1
- Somervell County1
- South Padre Island County1
- Starr County1
- Stephens County1
- Sterling County1
- Stonewall County1
- Sutton County1
- Sweetwater-Nolan County1
- Swisher County1
- Tarrant County2
- Taylor County1
- Temple County1
- Terrell County1
- Terry County1
- The Colony County1
- Throckmorton County1
- Titus County1
- Tom Green County1
- Travis County1
- Trinity County1
- Tyler County3
- Upshur County1
- Upton County1
- Uvalde County2
- Val Verde County1
- Van Zandt County1
- Victoria County1
- Victoria City- County1
- Waco-McLennan County1
- Walker County1
- Waller County1
- Ward County2
- Washington County1
- Waxahachie County1
- Weatherford County1
- Webb County1
- Wharton County1
- Wheeler County1
- Wichita Falls-Wichita County1
- Wilbarger County1
- Willacy County1
- Williamson County2
- Wilson County2
- Winkler County1
- Wood County2
- Yoakum County1
- Young County1
- Zapata County1
- Zavala County1
Apostille & authentication
- Office
- Secretary of State Authentications Unit
- Mailing
- Secretary of State Authentications Unit P.O. Box 13550 Austin, TX 78711-3550
- Walk-in
- Secretary of State Authentications Unit 1019 Brazos Austin, TX 78701 Room 106
- Details
- 1. The name of the country where the document will be recorded. 2. The statutory fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per certificate or apostille unless the certificate or apostille is requested for use in adoption proceedings. * A check or money order drawn on a U.S. Bank and made payable to the Secretary of State of Texas must be submitted with the documents. American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa cards are also accepted (subject to a 2.7% convenience fee). 3. A self-addressed, stamped envelope or pre-paid overnight airbill/envelope.
Texas vital records FAQs
How much does a Texas birth certificate cost?
The fee is $22.
How long does a Texas birth certificate take?
25-30 business days
How much does a Texas death certificate cost?
The fee is $20.
How long does a Texas death certificate take?
25-30 business days
How much does a Texas marriage certificate cost?
The fee is $20.
How long does a Texas marriage certificate take?
25-30 business days
Where do I get a birth certificate in Texas?
Texas birth and death records are requested at the county level or from the state vital records office. Browse the 368 offices listed on this page by county or city, or order online through our partner to skip the in-person visit.
Can I order a Texas birth certificate online?
Yes. You can prepare and submit your application online through our partner, Vital Records Online, and skip the in-person visit.
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