{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.009","heading":"USE OF DIACRITICAL MARKS.","body":"(a) In this section, \"diacritical mark\" means a mark used in Latin script to change the sound of the letter to which it is added or used to distinguish the meaning of the word in which the letter appears. The term includes accents, tildes, graves, umlauts, and cedillas.\n(b) The state registrar shall ensure that a vital statistics record issued under this title properly records any diacritical mark used in a person's name.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 1823), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 3. VITAL STATISTICS","CHAPTER 191. ADMINISTRATION OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.191.htm#191.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"114ec6491c393a272855427b647fa209d5fbd06a07958a72e21369ea748520fe","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}