{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.024","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.024","heading":"REPORTS OF INFORMATION.","body":"(a) On the state registrar's demand, a person, including a local registrar, physician, midwife, or funeral director, who has information relating to a birth, death, or fetal death shall supply the information to the state registrar in person, by mail, or through the local registrar. The person shall supply the information on a form provided by the department or on the original certificate.\n(b) An organization or individual who has a record of births or deaths that may be useful to establish the genealogy of a resident of this state may file the record or a duly authenticated transcript of the record with the state registrar.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 302 (H.B. 2061), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 3. VITAL STATISTICS","CHAPTER 191. ADMINISTRATION OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS","SUBCHAPTER B. RECORDS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND FETAL DEATHS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.191.htm#191.024","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"cd4236804c719a5752943c4b8c4fdb960604516e546562dd37b611815d699811","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.023","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}